Today we went into the nghere to look for kawakawa. - Cody Some kids ate the kawakawa leaves raw and they were a bit spicey. - Touma. The raw leaves tasted bitter. - Kyan. KawaKawa is a Maori herb. - Timmy. In Te Reo Maori it means a bitter plant. - Hunter. Kawakawa leaves are heart shaped. - Hana.
Next, we went to the kitchen and made kawkawa tea. The tea was quite nice for me and there was a hint of sweet from the honey. - Nathan. It was easy to make. Just put hot water on the leaves. - Touma.
Lastly we tried cooked kawakawa leaves. They tasted like weird wet lettuce. Cody
We found out that Kawakawa is important to Maori people. It's good for colds and infections. The orange berries are edible and sweet in summer.
After morning tea we investigated the history of tea. Here's some of what we found out:
China invented tea - Kyan
They started drinking it 6000 years ago - Marley
Queen CAtherine made it popular in England - Emma
The Dutch bought it to Europe from China using silver - Nathan
England stole tea plants from China and grew it in India - Luca
England started a war with China becasue they wanted to trade China opium for tea and the Emperor said no. - Orlando
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