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Asher recently swooned over his broccoli tea concoction.

What they're saying: Turns out readers had a lot to say — and some of them turn out to be imbibers of the stuff.

"I am 67 and I have been drinking broccoli tea pretty much my whole life," Chuck B. wrote. "My parents introduced me to it as a small child and not only broccoli but any kind of vegetable that was cooked at home — the vegetable broth/liquid was saved and drunk. Delicious."

Gail M. remembers that her mother used to refrigerate water leftover from boiling vegetables and chug it the next day.

"I'm trying it," Igor S. wrote. "I'm a broccoli nut; love the stuff. … I've even flirted with the idea of starting an annual 'Brocco-Fest' in Austin — surely that will attract at least 10 participants, right? Just not my wife or kids...."

Yes, but: Haters gonna hate.

Conjuring images of slammed doors and shouting matches, Amy H. wrote that if she served broccoli tea her "family would revolt."

"I love your take on the nutritional value of broccoli tea," wrote Tonya D. "That said, I gagged while reading the story."

Noted newsman — and pioneering Axios Austin member! — Gardner Selby had this succinct take: "Ewww."

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