Recently I had a wonderful chance to harvest tea rose petals in my garden. There is nothing to compare the scent of a rosebush in the early morning hours, when the dew has just descended and the smell of flowering is so fragrant, the petals have a divine pink color and they are so soft and silky to the touch. Then I started to think about the way I could preserve them to enjoy flavorful mugs of tea when winter comes. Yet, I did not want to use the...