Christine Folch

Tag: Tea

  • Foraging Adventure: Brewing Yaupon at Duke

    Foraging Adventure: Brewing Yaupon at Duke

    Proof that there’s no reason to suffer a caffeine-free life at Duke. We made yaupon (aka cassina tea) from foraged Ilex vomitoria leaves. It’s awesome. Yes, there’s video.

  • The Social Life of Stimulants

    The Social Life of Stimulants

    CulAnth290 Fall 2019 Register here. Be honest. The first time you tried coffee, did you like it? Why do you drink it now? How did bitter drinks come to be so popular? And what can we learn about society from the bitter things we consume? This course looks at legal stimulants and other “drug foods”…