How many avocado pits have you thrown away this year? That hard, brown, slightly shiny thing like a chestnut — we toss it without a second thought. Yet, that is precisely where this herbal tea comes from.
In the cup, avocado pit tea takes on a deep copper color, somewhere between a well-steeped rooibos and a very light broth. The scent is subtle: slightly astringent, with a background of dry wood and tannin. The taste follows — slightly bitter, vegetal, with that tannic edge that gently scrapes the back of the throat like a full-bodied green tea. A spoonful of honey, and it shifts into something truly pleasant.
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