How to make pine needle tea
How to make pine needle tea
For our bloggers, the instructions were:
- Collect pine needles
- Build a fire (more to come on this in another post)
- Light it
- Boil water in a mess tin
- Add pine needles and let them infuse in the water
- Sieve and serve
Obviously, there’s no need to build a fire (but it was fun). Simply boil a kettle and pour over your pine needles, leave to infuse, then sieve and serve.
Enjoy your tea. Who knows, you might live to be 103 with 20:20 vision, a mind as sharp as a pine needle and no varicose veins. We’ll drink to that!
A word or two of caution: firstly, don’t try pine needle tea if you are pregnant. Secondly, most pine varieties can be used, but steer clear of Yew and Cypress which can sometimes be mistaken for pine. A good rule of thumb is to avoid flat needles. If in doubt, ask a Forest Ranger. Better still, book a cosy hot tub cabin at our Forest of Dean location and let Gerry teach you everything you need to know.