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Hot Drink for Summer Evenings: Lemon Verbena Tisane

Even summer evenings can be breezy and cool, and some nights we want a warm drink that is still refreshing. The perfect choice is an herbal tisane, especially one made with lemony summer herbs: lemon ...

What Should We Do With Our Lemon Verbena?

We've talked about how much we love lemon verbena. It's one of our favorite herbs. But now we have a bumper crop of it, and we want some new ideas! ...

Recipe: Lemon Verbena and Orange Blossom Fizz

Fizzy, cold and herbal - that's what we want out of our drinks this time of year. We're trying to break out of our gin and tonic rut, and for our spread of Memorial Day cocktails (all summer cocktails...

Recipe: Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup

Lemon verbena is one of our favorite herbs. It's a tall, spare, long-leafed plant with slender leaves and a fragrance to die for. It's not hard to capture that fragrance in a simple syrup. ...