In France tisane is commonly ordered after dinner. I've never understood why people order coffee or tea after dinner. Don't you want to sleep?

This thread prompted to me look up the Wiki for tisane and then I thought I should look up the French Wiki too. They are a fair bit different!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbal_tea
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisane

Normally I order Verveine after dinner.

I ordered an intriguing fruit tea in Lithuania recently.

I have no idea what it was called but it was relatively sweet, there were wild strawberries floating on the top and little yellow berries were settled at the bottom of the glass. I'm guessing these were sea buckthorn berries (which are high in vitamin C) as they were pretty sour.
In all, a lovely alternative to hot honey and lemon on a rainy day.

Anyone know the name of this drink or where I could find out more?

I'm surprised this thread made it to the second page without anyone mentioning rooibos. I have a rooibos/mint blend that I've been drinking a couple cups of every night recently.

A friend came back from South Africa with a bag of honeybush tea as a gift.

I prefered it to the rooibos I've tried. Alas, the bag of honeybush didn't last long and what I've tried to buy in the UK was nowhere near as good.

I guess, with some tisanes, quality and provenance is just as important as it is with 'real teas'.

Am I the only one that likes the occasional cup of valerian mint (the mint helps hide the smelliness) as a sleep aid?

Steep black licorice in hot water for oral pain, especially blisters or ulcers.

The Chinese stick just about anything into hot water and drink it.

The one I kind of enjoy is Chinese Dried Plumbs. Its savory, sweet and sour all in one.

It is essentially the same thing as Japanese Umeboshi except its a strange sweet taste to it.

Not sure this qualifies but when I was living in Guyana, we all drank from a "Bitter Cup" or a Quassia Cup.

It leeches into the water and makes a medicinal insecticide. It really works a charm and that is one of the ways I avoided getting bit by mosquitos.

It is quite bitter but add ice and it becoming a refreshing tea.

I like making large batches of crysanthemum tisane. I make ice cubes and freeze for the summer months to add to my chilled tisane from the fridge. Although I prefer it sugarless in the summer, in the winter months I like to drink it hot with honey.

Prior to Sept-11, I used to bring either a thermos or a water bottle of it with me on the plane. I found that I didn't catch whaterever was going around as easily.