How To Make Korean Pine Needle Tea

Collect a handful of pine needles or snip off a small branch from a true pine tree see pine tree identification below.

How to make korean pine needle tea. Cut the needles into 1 inch pieces. Some folks add a squirt of lemon or mix with another tea too. Add 1 tablespoon fresh needles twigs to one mug of hot water. Boiling tends to break down vitamin c and release terpenes that make the tea more bitter.

1 4 cups of boiled water 1 cup per person 1 4 tsps raw organic honey optional but advised. Pour boiled water into the mug over the pine needles. If you want a stronger tea simply add more needles rather than increasing the heat. This is how i make pine needle tea the pine needles i am using is from the pinus taeda loblolly pine it is particularly dominant in the eastern half of n.

Place the tea strainer in a mug. Never boil your pine needle tea. Identify harvest and prepare white pine needle tea. Most of the needles with sink to the bottom and you can pour the tea in to a mug.

After the needles are added reduce heat to a simmer and partially. Like any recipe the directions differ slightly but in general all follow this pattern. Place the pine needles in a tea strainer. Or sweetener of your choice slices of lemon optional tsp.

Ingredients approximately 1 cup of water a bunch of fresh pine needles from a green white pine pinus strobus see tips and warnings below for collection. Cover to inhibit the volatile oil from escaping in the steam. Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan or pot. Harvest a 1 2 cup of young green needles from the pinus strobus step 2.

1 4 tbs of chopped fresh pine needles alternatively use dried leaves or pre packed tea bags 1 bag per person or 1. I like using small pieces of twigs branches too it adds even more of that lovely pine woodsy flavor and aroma. Bring three cups of water to a simmer turn off or remove from heat important and add about half a cup of fresh needles to the water. In this episode i will show you how to.

White pine needles are typically 3 5 long and come in bundles of five whereas yellow pine needle bundles only have two and in some cases three.