Xref: utzoo rec.food.cooking:25152 alt.drugs:9869 sci.bio:4574 sci.med:23518 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder!eesnyder From: eesnyder@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric E. Snyder) Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,alt.drugs,sci.bio,sci.med Subject: Yerba Luisa Keywords: Yerba Luisa, Peru Message-ID: Date: 10 Mar 91 01:24:09 GMT Sender: news@csn.org (news) Organization: Colorado SuperNet Inc. Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: beagle.colorado.edu A friend of mine from Peru sent me a bag of something call "Yerba Luisa". The stuff is very strange. It looks like straw or possibly shaved bark, yellow to light green in color and a faint, pleasant aromatic (minty?) odor. It makes a yellow tea which has a peculiar taste, hard to describe. Maybe I should have gotten a definite ID on the stuff before drinking it... but, does any one know what this stuff is? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TTGATTGCTAAACACTGGGCGGCGAATCAGGGTTGGGATCTGAACAAAGACGGTCAGATTCAGTTCGTACTGCTG Eric E. Snyder Department of MCD Biology ...making feet for childrens' shoes. University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309-0347 LeuIleAlaLysHisTrpAlaAlaAsnGlnGlyTrpAspLeuAsnLysAspGlyGlnIleGlnPheValLeuLeu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------