Illustro Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) I was given some sprigs of boldo yesterday, and told it was a highly revered herb used in South America for tea's/mate's, and that it was used alot with Yerba mate infusions - I had never heard of it before, and a search of this site returned only ~10 hits. Anywho, so today I minced up about 14-20 leaves and made a tea, not expecting anything much after all that I had been told and read was that it was good for digestion and liver function, well about 1hr later I noticed that I had a subtle but noticeable stimulated feeling, kind of like what you would get from a cup of black tea, but less energizing and more 'fluffy', with some slight mood elevation. After doing more research, I found out it is reported to have some stimulatory effect; interesting.. I'm not sure if it was the boldo that I was feeling, or just placebo; either way though, the reported medicinal properties are profound and very real, it is definitely worth looking at. It is a member of the Laurales order, and has very aromatic leaves, they smell really quite nice, the tea made my whole room smell of this kind of strangely delectable weak petrol & camphor-esque aroma. The tea was subtle and different, a tiny bit astringent, a tad bitter, but refreshing and nice, immediately after drinking it, I wanted more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boldo Edited July 20, 2011 by Illustro Verum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted July 20, 2011 very much an acquired taste. kinda like epazote. but i did used to put it into my mate as it adds an interesting flavour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
