Today we investigated Aotearoa's own herbal tea - kawakawa. Fay - First we found kawakawa in the native bush walk. Janshly - Kawakawa likes to grow under other trees in the shade. Lucas F - The leaves look like lilly pads. Mrs Daniel picked the kawakawa leaves and we smelt them. Lucas F - they smelt like peppermint.
Bridie - Next we went to the kitchen so we could make the tea. Helena - Mrs Daniel put boiling water in the big tea pot. Daniel - I put the kawakawa leaves in the tea pot.
While the tea brewed we researched on our devices. Toby - Kawakawa grows in the South. Mavis - The common name is pepper. Lucas F - It's one of 3000 types of tea in the world.
We each got to drink the tea. Kayla - It tastes like tea mixed with honey. Toby - It tasted like smooth rice. Emily Z - It tasted like water. Janshly - It tastes like boiling water with honey. Mavis - The colour was like smooth honey.
Finally some of us tried the cooked kawakawa leaves. Emily W - They tasted like seaweed. Kaiden - It tasted like cooked seaweed that's wet. Kayla - The leaves looked like wet seaweed that grows in the sea.
After morning tea we learnt about the history of tea. Kayla - Tea started in China. Lucas F - The English stole tea from China. Emily - For a long time only China had tea.
Next time we see Mrs Daniel we will design our own herbal tea and tea pots.
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