In Ga its very common, looks allot like privet but the the laves are alternate as opposed to the opposite arrangement of Privet leaves. and don't eat the berries they are poisonous.
Want to be 100% positive it is the correct plant, we have 11 different hollies in the state! Was thinking of contacting Green Deane (@Eat the Weeds).The only other local source would be spending time with the Seminole at Brighton or Big Cypress, but I'm sure they are thick skinned after dealing with tourists day in and day out.The web has little info on how to prepare this traditional drink. So thank you very much for this video! ^_^
Sequoyah? That's a new one. The original name for the tribe was Aniyunwiya. Cherokee is fine too, though native speakers and elders say it Tsalagi. Curious about whom your source was. Anyway.... You can pick up yaupon holly plants at Lucas Nursery in Oviedo, FL...(you do live close MadM3rv?)
Cost $35 to make ? What about growing your own in soil .., and let them get large. Harvest leaves and over growth when needed. It will more then pay for it's self .
I'm presently stripping the leaves off some trimmings of a cultivated variety called drooping or weeping yaupon from a friend's tree. It has a lot higher caffeine content than common yaupon. I roast mine in the oven on a cookie sheet until the leaves are dark brown & black then pull them out to cool. Once cooled to room temp I then place the leaves (unbroken) into zip-loc bags for storage. when I brew a little yaupon tea I remove some from a bag and crush the roasted leaves in a tea ball and ...
@Inquisitor53 ...let it steep in a hot cup of water and in 10 minutes I'm drinking a great-tasting tea.
I think I'll start selling baggies of it to the neo-hippies at Skippers Smokehouse on dead-head nights every Thursday evening. I should buy some scales first and sell it in 1/4 & 1/2 oz. bags and in it's differing varieties: From dwarf (contains the least caffeine) to the weeping (highest caffeine content).
Before coffee became widely available, yaupon tea was a popular drink in the South, with a taste and effect similar to a better known holly drink, South America's yerba mate (from Ilex paraguariensis). The best reference about the tea is anthropologist Charles Hudson's book, "Black Drink: A Native American Tea".
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) is native from roughly South Carolina across the southeastern United States as far west as central Texas, where I've gathered twigs and leaves to make my own tea. It does not cause vomiting. Southeastern Indians drank it ritually in cleansing rituals and vomited either voluntarily or because of other ingredients added.
There's a book on the tea called "Black Drink" available via Google Books. I have a dwarf yaupon holly outside my front door in central NC. It's a common foundation plant. I just prune it back a bit in the spring to get some tea leaves.
I read that the tea made from Yaupon Holly has 20 times more caffeine than coffee. If anyone wanted some I have several bushes in my yard and could clip them back and save the leaves and stems. They currently have the red berries on them.
@RLZerr Your statement about yaupon's caffeine content is highly exaggerated. It does have a higher caffeine content than regular coffee and the caffeine content varies with the variety (dwarf = weakest, common = average, weeping = strongest) but none anywhere near the 20x you mention.
It will not make you spew unless you really concentrate the brew.
I've been a forager, brewer & drinker of yaupon tea for over 40 years so I know of what I speak.
The bush is very abundant here in northwest Florida. Ilex vomitoria is its botanical name and that describes its effect on humans. But why do you want to drink tea that makes you spew?
Crazy indians did it in their rituals, the warrior who could hold it down the longest was the "strongest".
I believe the red berries that grow on some of the trees is the toxic part of the tree. But I could be wrong and the leave are not good for you either.
The Indians made a pretty concentrated tea from the leaves of Ilex vomitoria. With 1/2 teaspoon of crushed leaves per 1 cup of moderately hot water you get a fairly strong drink with more kick than Red Bull.
In Ga its very common, looks allot like privet but the the laves are alternate as opposed to the opposite arrangement of Privet leaves. and don't eat the berries they are poisonous.
bigwhitebob 2 weeks ago
i'm gonna try my state department of Agraculture to see if they can identify clippings i found in my neighborhood in Atlanta Georgia.
3notrub 3 months ago
it tastes like yerba mate, cause they're close relatives
chaosthiefninja 5 months ago
Want to be 100% positive it is the correct plant, we have 11 different hollies in the state! Was thinking of contacting Green Deane (@Eat the Weeds).The only other local source would be spending time with the Seminole at Brighton or Big Cypress, but I'm sure they are thick skinned after dealing with tourists day in and day out.The web has little info on how to prepare this traditional drink. So thank you very much for this video! ^_^
TeddyMaxfighter 6 months ago
Sequoyah? That's a new one. The original name for the tribe was Aniyunwiya. Cherokee is fine too, though native speakers and elders say it Tsalagi. Curious about whom your source was. Anyway.... You can pick up yaupon holly plants at Lucas Nursery in Oviedo, FL...(you do live close MadM3rv?)
TeddyMaxfighter 6 months ago
Cost $35 to make ? What about growing your own in soil .., and let them get large. Harvest leaves and over growth when needed. It will more then pay for it's self .
Beachcrib 7 months ago
@Beachcrib That bag cost $35, I realize you could cultivate it much cheaper.
MadM3rv 6 months ago
I just purchased another yaupon bush from home depot for 4.99.
shotsxxx 7 months ago
I'm presently stripping the leaves off some trimmings of a cultivated variety called drooping or weeping yaupon from a friend's tree. It has a lot higher caffeine content than common yaupon. I roast mine in the oven on a cookie sheet until the leaves are dark brown & black then pull them out to cool. Once cooled to room temp I then place the leaves (unbroken) into zip-loc bags for storage. when I brew a little yaupon tea I remove some from a bag and crush the roasted leaves in a tea ball and ...
Inquisitor53 1 year ago
@Inquisitor53 ...let it steep in a hot cup of water and in 10 minutes I'm drinking a great-tasting tea.
I think I'll start selling baggies of it to the neo-hippies at Skippers Smokehouse on dead-head nights every Thursday evening. I should buy some scales first and sell it in 1/4 & 1/2 oz. bags and in it's differing varieties: From dwarf (contains the least caffeine) to the weeping (highest caffeine content).
I see money in my future...
Inquisitor53 1 year ago
I'll be happy to ship you wild yaupon holly . The woods are full of it here in Texas. How many pounds would you like?
deanphilpot 1 year ago
Before coffee became widely available, yaupon tea was a popular drink in the South, with a taste and effect similar to a better known holly drink, South America's yerba mate (from Ilex paraguariensis). The best reference about the tea is anthropologist Charles Hudson's book, "Black Drink: A Native American Tea".
colibri1 1 year ago
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) is native from roughly South Carolina across the southeastern United States as far west as central Texas, where I've gathered twigs and leaves to make my own tea. It does not cause vomiting. Southeastern Indians drank it ritually in cleansing rituals and vomited either voluntarily or because of other ingredients added.
colibri1 1 year ago
There's a book on the tea called "Black Drink" available via Google Books. I have a dwarf yaupon holly outside my front door in central NC. It's a common foundation plant. I just prune it back a bit in the spring to get some tea leaves.
tadamsmar 2 years ago
I read that the tea made from Yaupon Holly has 20 times more caffeine than coffee. If anyone wanted some I have several bushes in my yard and could clip them back and save the leaves and stems. They currently have the red berries on them.
RLZerr 3 years ago
@RLZerr Your statement about yaupon's caffeine content is highly exaggerated. It does have a higher caffeine content than regular coffee and the caffeine content varies with the variety (dwarf = weakest, common = average, weeping = strongest) but none anywhere near the 20x you mention.
It will not make you spew unless you really concentrate the brew.
I've been a forager, brewer & drinker of yaupon tea for over 40 years so I know of what I speak.
Inquisitor53 1 year ago
The bush is very abundant here in northwest Florida. Ilex vomitoria is its botanical name and that describes its effect on humans. But why do you want to drink tea that makes you spew?
Crazy indians did it in their rituals, the warrior who could hold it down the longest was the "strongest".
RLZerr 3 years ago
I believe the red berries that grow on some of the trees is the toxic part of the tree. But I could be wrong and the leave are not good for you either.
mmixon82 3 years ago
@mmixon82 Wrong. The leaves are non-poisonous and high in anti- oxidents
Inquisitor53 1 year ago
The Indians made a pretty concentrated tea from the leaves of Ilex vomitoria. With 1/2 teaspoon of crushed leaves per 1 cup of moderately hot water you get a fairly strong drink with more kick than Red Bull.
hananokuni2580 2 years ago
The Yaupon Holly grows throughout the southern part of the USA, not just in Florida.
survivalistboards 3 years ago
Yaupon is rare in SoFla. Central FL northwards it becomes more common. Inkberry (Ilex glabra) and Dahoon (Ilex cassine) are more common in SoFla.
hananokuni2580 2 years ago
@hananokuni2580 You can buy them at wal mart for about eight dollars a bush-
shotsxxx 1 year ago
Cool. For a second there I thought that was a bad of another certain plant. :)
Zarbod 4 years ago 2
Lol, you mean the intergalactic species Marihuana.
MadM3rv 4 years ago
Well, um.. yeah. Something like that.
Say no to drugs kiddos! :)
Zarbod 4 years ago