Today Year 3 continued their inquiry into Herbs, Rongoa and Tea. We investigvated the very special kawakakawa plant. We looked at the shape of the bush growing in the shade of our native bush walk. We looked carefully at the shape and colour of the leaves:
Shirley "Heart shaped, upside down and green"
We smelt the leaves when we burised them:
Kimaya "It smelt like nature"
Next we picked some fresh leaves and put them in a big tea pot. We put boiling hot water on top. Then we poured out the tea into cups and put honey each cup.
What did kawakawa tea taste like?
Theo "The kawakawa tasted sweet and watery"
Valentin "It tasted like normal tea with water"
Logan "It tasted like honey at the bottom"
Next time we'll investigate other Rongoa tipu.
