Any infusion or drink, especially medicinal or curative, made by steeping in hot water; a herbal tea
As soon as he had opened the door he worked his way back to his high-backed Queen Anne armchair, where he picked up his bone-china cup and took a sip of a rarefied tisane.
(tih-ZAN) Means a herbal tea in Europe It has come to mean any drink made by infusing parts of an herb or a plant with boiling water For thousands of years, herbs have been appreciated for their curative powers as an elixir and tonic Mint, chamomile, ginseng, and rose hips are some of the more familiar plants used in making herbal teas in Europe