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Clove tea is a little different to prepare than leaf teas; they require simmering for about a half an hour to break down the cellular compounds and release the oils. This will be true of any root or hard berry that you boil into a tea. If you have an old fashioned coffee percolator, that can...

It sounds as if your kombucha fermented too fast, due to the heat. Kombucha's flavor is best developed slowly, even if you are able to catch it before it begins to sour. A temperature of about 70° is about as high as you want to go well your kombucha is fermenting; you can put your kombucha in...

Hi, I'm an herbalist and use alcohol as an extractant in my tinctures, as well as using fermentation in extracting healing compounds for nutritional healing. I don't have much experience in home brewing (other than honey mead) and home brewing seems like a logical next step. I'm particularly...

I see that this post is over a decade old, but I'll answer your question anyways, in case someone else is asking the same question. I am an herbalist. The nettle itself is not likely to be what caused your headache/hangover. Nettle's compounds that extracted by alcohol promote blood...