Cup of tea - PEP BB foraging.sand.tea

I was out by a lake picking things for other bbs and found some wild mint for my tea 🍵

I foraged this dandelion from a Zone 5 corner of my yard. This was the first time I’d been over there since May.

The very last of the red clover by the canal.

Plant in the wild, a handful freshly harvested, steeping (with a sprig of yarrow, also foraged) and in the cup.

We haven't had a frost yet so the nettle fall regrowth is surprisingly lush at the moment. I grabbed a small handful today for some nourishing nettle tea, but maybe I'll make it back for another harvest to dry. I picked a bit of weedy rose hips to add a little zing too.

Mike Haasl wrote:To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
Make a cup of tea from one of:
- nettle

To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
 - A picture of one of the plants in the wild
 - A picture of the harvested goods with the remaining plant in the background
 - A picture of the yummy tea in a cup

Clarifications:
 - This is "Foraging" so the plants can not be cultivated by you.

Nettle has a very strong flavor. I dried the nettle over the summer and used the dried leaves to make an infusion. I used boiling water and let it infuse until the water temp was cool enough to sip, about 10 mins.

Mike Haasl wrote:
To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
Make a cup of tea from one of:
- rose hips

To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
 - A picture of one of the plants in the wild
 - A picture of the harvested goods with the remaining plant in the background
 - A picture of the yummy tea in a cup

Clarifications:
 - This is "Foraging" so the plants can not be cultivated by you.

This tea was delightful, like citrus rose. A nice source of vitamin c that grows in my cold region. I dried the hips over the summer, then crushed them just prior to making the infusion. I used boiling water and let it infuse until the water temp was cool enough to sip, about 10 mins.