Cup of tea - PEP BB foraging.sand.tea

I made fir tip tea. I liked this much better than the spruce tip tea I made previously.

I made fresh dandelion leaf tea. I am dehydrating the remaining harvest to test how dried dandelion leaf tea tastes compared to fresh leaf.  It doesn't look like there is a BB for dehydrating dandelion leaf, only root. Please correct me if I am overlooking it!

I made tea from Shore Pine needles.  The flavor was more mild than I was expecting.

I collected fireweed leaves from both green plants and those turning red.  Dehydrated all of it, the green leaves filled a packed half gallon jar. The red ones filled a half pint jar. I am enjoying the tea from both.

I made birch bark tea. It turned out to have a little bitterness to it, possibly from the outer bark that I left on.  Next time I would definitely scrape off the outer layer of bark and only use the gummier inner layer of the bark.

First time Foraging!

Felt so present, felt so connected to the Earth - just in a state of searching / hunting — listening, watching, and then in a state of extreme reverence as I harvested - taking care to leave more behind than I took.

Coming back home, brewing tea - added a dollop of honey and a squirt of lemon.

The tea was delicate, soothing, and warmed my spirit.

Hi PEP BB judges! I've made a cup of foraged tea.

Last year, when I discovered that we have these rose bushes, I looked up what to do with rose hips and then promptly lost track of the project. I think I was favoring a jam but I'd have to do the research over to know for sure. But when I saw rose hips on the list for this cup of tea, it seemed perfect. I didn't want to go through the process of drying them, which seems to be most common, so I googled around until I found instructions for making tea from fresh hips. Basically, I just crushed them lightly with a wooden spoon and then plonked them into just-boiled water. The taste is very mild but the odor from the tea is quite nice -- floral and fruity without being overwhelming.

Made a rose hip tea from fresh foraged rose hips.

- A picture of one of the plants in the wild


- A picture of the harvested goods with the remaining plant in the background


- Into boiling water, turn off heat, cover, steep 5 minutes


- A picture of the yummy tea in a cup

I made a raspberry leaf tea. Much of the information concerning this herb surrounds its uterine benefits, which aren't much good to me, but I feel the micronutrients available from leaves are always worth consuming.

I picked the leaves from the undergrowth at the edge of some parkland near my home. The bush had been exposed by some mowing. It makes a nice change from the blackberries that are usually dominant.

I’m really enjoying my daily infusions which started with the natural medicine BB’s.

Today I was out foraging, looking for apples and came across a small stand of pine trees. I’d read about making tea from pine needles, so thought I’d give it a try. Sure tastes better that NJ water straight out the tap.