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Billy tea

Tea flavored with gum leaf

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Billy tea | SBS Food

This traditional Australian black tea is boiled with the distinctive flavours of gum leaves and cooked on a billy can...

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HOW TO MAKE BILLY TEA

Drinking billy tea by the campfire is an Australian tradition, often connected to the swagman and days gone by. Swagmen lived a nomadic life, searching for work. Offering billy tea was a symbol of bush hospitality. There is nothing like sitting around...

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Traditional Billy Tea with Garden Herbs and Dried Roses | Fast Ed

1 Combine the tea leaves, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf, zest and rose petals in a 2L tea pot or billy. Fill with boiling water and stand for 4 minutes...

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Drinking Billy Tea at Lukes Bluff Lookout

Billy tea is a tradition in Australia originating from the early settlers. If you're going to call yourself an Australian you better learn to boil the billy...

Associated Dishes

Shiraz

Sémillon

Macadamia milk

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