Saturday, November 10, 2007

White Pine Needle Tea



I used to have a white pine tree right next door to
my parents house...so I had free white pine needles
all the time! Unfortunately, my neighbors chose to
cut the tree down a couple months ago.

"Pine needles are now known to manufacture large
concentrations of vitamins A and C. It has been
estimated that a cupful of strong pine needle tea
has more vitamin C than the average lemon."

1 pint of boiling water
1 ounce of fresh white pine needles chopped fine
lemon
sugar

Pour water over pine needles and let steep for
at least 5 minutes.
Add lemon and/or sugar is desired.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

you are right, pine needle tea is very good for health, Chinese traditonal medical says the pine tree is long life and if you drink the tea made of pine needle,you will get health and long life as well.