I made a cup of pineapple weed tea, and was totally unprepared for how delicious it was. I'm including these pictures:
- 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
It's a little late in the season for it now but I made nettle tea, I've previously had nettle tea from a company that sells it but never had fresh nettle tea. It was slower to steep than I expected, and tasted a bit... green I think I prefer dried though it could be that I'm picking it at a sub optimal time
Today I learned I like nettle tea way more than sautéed nettles. Oddly, I find it smells kind of like oatmeal.
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Wild nettle along the creek
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Collected some of the nettle- more than I need for tea, but the year's almost up and the leaves will die back anyways- Some I'm using for an oil infusion and the excess will be dried
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Home, choosing leaves for the tea
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Making tea
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Tea post steeping. Pretty yummy stuff, not crazy flavorful, but maybe I should've made a mix or added honey if I wanted that.
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I made some pine needle tea. I found this tree in a local park. In the UK, it's legal to forage in parks as long as the plant isn't in a garden bed (purposely planted) or in a royal park (such as Greenwich or Richmond). I found this tea much nicer than the dandelion tea I tried earlier this year.