Tisanes aux Herbes

When, towards the close of the last century, Marcel Proust tasted that famous madeleine cake dipped in lime tea, he began a momentous journey into his memory which resulted in the magnificent A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, and we became the richer.

Although the French have a well-justified reputation as a nation of coffee drinkers, increasingly, the young and those who dine late prefer to drink a tisane – herb tea. Mint tea, for example, taken hot after a meal acts as an aid