Bo The Botanist Flashcards

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Gather round with your drinks
There’s nothing like it is there
A hot drink that is

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You know tea and coffee didn’t come to Britain until the 17th and 18th Centuries?

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You know tea and coffee didn’t come to Britain until the 17th and 18th Centuries?

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Before that we drank herbal elixirs like this one, they had healing properties

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Before that we drank herbal elixirs like this one, they had healing properties

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Mint it’s good for sickness

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Mint it’s good for sickness

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Sage for brain function

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5
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Sage for brain function

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Fenugreek for blood sugar

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6
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Fenugreek for blood sugar

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Rosemary for a blocked nose

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7
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Rosemary for a blocked nose

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I like to experiment

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I like to experiment

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For me it’s the feeling that a hot beverage conjures up, don’t you think?

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We drink them for comfort and warmth

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To soothe

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10
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To soothe

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To stimulate

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11
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To stimulate

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To digest

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12
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To digest

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To be together

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To be together

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There’s a ritual for this particular blend

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There’s apple juice, from apples first brought to Britain by the Romans

Orange peel for sunshine on a winter’s day

A celebratory blend of spices, clove, ginger, star anise and cinnamon

All served up with copper infused water

To bring you a heart and hand warming Saturnalian brew!

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Smell it first, let the vapours warm your cold face. Does the smell remind you of anything?

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To bring you a heart and hand warming Saturnalian brew!

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Smell it first, let the vapours warm your cold face. Does the smell remind you of anything?

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16
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Smell it first. Let the vapours warn your cold face. Doesthe smell remind you of anything?

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For me it’s the apple harvest, its my mams apron, it’s growing sleepy by the fire

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For me it’s the apple harvest, it’s my mams apron, it’d growing sleepy by the fire

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Now you whisper your hopes into the steam and they are carried skyward, take a careful sip of the magical brew and put your trust in the universe

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Now you whisper your hopes into the steam and they are carried skyward, take a careful sip of the magical brew and out your trust in the universe

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Its the collective Ahhh that’s where the magic lies

19
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It’s the collective Ahhh that’s where the magic lies

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Together. Whisper. Sip. Ahhhh.

20
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Together. Whisper. Sip. Ahhh

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Just right.
I always for the same thing

21
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Just right.
I always wish for the same thing.

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I wish for home
Jars full of the stuff

22
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There’s a ritual for this particular blend

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There’s apple juice, from apples first brought to Britain by the Romanss

23
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There’s apple juice, from apples first brought to Britain by the Romans

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Orange peel for sunshine on a winter’s day

24
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Orange peel for sunshine on a winter’s day

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A celebratory blend of spices, clove, ginger, star anise and cinnamon

25
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A celebratory blend of spices, clove, ginger, star anise and cinnamon

A

All served up with copper infused water

26
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All served up with copper infused water

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To bring you a heart and hand warming Saturnalian brew!