Herbal Infusions and Tisanes

Gathers the hot infusions made from herbs or leaves other than the tea plant, or flavored with them. It includes mint tea, which is a staple of hospitality in North Africa, and yerba mate, the South American infusion of a holly leaf. It does not cover true tea made from the tea plant, which has its own group, and both drinks here are brewed by steeping leaves in hot water and are served in different social settings. Within the Tea and Tea Drinks subcategory it sits beside the groups Tea and Tea Preparations, and each entry is placed in the one group whose description fits it best.