I bought these teabags, for export only, from a Mexican market. The box is illustrated with linden flowers and leaves, says linden flowers in English, ingredients are 100% linden flowers. The box also has a blurb in English about how “the linden tree belongs to the Family Tiliaceae…” It also gives a species name, Ternstroemia pringlei Rose. That’s not linden. It brews up like rosehips – similar color and flavor – but it’s not rosehips and is in fact in the family Pentaphylacaceae. It’s a box full of lightly floral-drying and fruity-tangy confusion packed in individual envelopes.
I guess it boils down to differences in language usage and whoever was in charge of designing the box art not realizing the difference between what is referred to in English as linden or tilia and what is referred to in Spanish as flor de tila. Not quite a case of “a rose by any other name.”
Apparently it’s used as a nerve tonic and sedative in Mexico.
Unrelated: I am disgusted by the amount of prescription medicine ads on daytime television and the use of the word ‘skyrocketing’ in the news. I might be grumpy. I haven’t had any caffeine yet today and it’s a bit late to remedy that situation.
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My list of words and buzz phrases I am weary of would fill a spiral notebook, college rule, single spaced. But to write them down would require thinking about them again. Forget that!
I’ve been fairly grumpy (pain grump grump pain) for the last few days too. Were the mystery not-linden-not-rosehips at least good?!
It’s fine.
Quite confusing indeed. The company here would get big fine for showing everything Linden and not being it. I am surprised the linden made it to the box, while there isn’t any.
And at least here prescription medicine can’t have ads on TV. And the basic medicine have strict rules. For example they have offered a weight-loss medicine, which worked as strong diuretic medicine and it was on TV only one day and after that they were fined, because it is too dangerous to offer and claim it is weight-loss medicine.
My list of words and buzz phrases I am weary of would fill a spiral notebook, college rule, single spaced. But to write them down would require thinking about them again. Forget that!
I’ve been fairly grumpy (pain grump grump pain) for the last few days too. Were the mystery not-linden-not-rosehips at least good?!
It’s fine.
Quite confusing indeed. The company here would get big fine for showing everything Linden and not being it. I am surprised the linden made it to the box, while there isn’t any.
And at least here prescription medicine can’t have ads on TV. And the basic medicine have strict rules. For example they have offered a weight-loss medicine, which worked as strong diuretic medicine and it was on TV only one day and after that they were fined, because it is too dangerous to offer and claim it is weight-loss medicine.