Tea of Life
Berlinda Mawane sat on the porch in front of her house in Pigapu Village, Mimika Regency, Papua. She had a bowlful of dried leaves on the table next to her, with a tea pot and two small cups. She took a handful of the dried leaves, put it inside the pot with hot water.
"Let it steep for a couple of minutes," Belinda said. She explained the tea she was making was not just normal tea, but herbal tea made of the Acanthus leaves that grow in the mangrove forest. The 45-year-old woman said that she regularly drank the tea every morning and afternoon because she felt that it improved her health.
August 30, 2016
Berlinda Mawane sat on the porch in front of her house in Pigapu Village, Mimika Regency, Papua. She had a bowlful of dried leaves on the table next to her, with a tea pot and two small cups. She took a handful of the dried leaves, put it inside the pot with hot water.
"Let it steep for a couple of minutes," Belinda said. She explained the tea she was making was not just normal tea, but herbal tea made of the Acanthus leaves that grow in the mangr
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