bush tea

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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tea made from the hemlock or any of various wild herbs.

Quotations

1849

Our present host treated us to mawkish bush-tea, made from the leaves of the forest.

1964

Maple sugar sweetened it . . . and some people added whisky or brandy to make "bush tea" more palatable.