Needle tea?

[JeC]

hi there guys.. i just wanted to clear something up. as far as i know you can make tea be boiling pine needles, im not sure about spruce.. but here the annoying thing i also heard some needles are poisoness? :F so can pine needles be used? and what else can be and cant be used? Thanks.

JeC

[dixieangler]

All pines are edible (lots of Vitamin C). You can make tea from pine, spruce, etc. needles. If you put the crushed or cut up needles (this gets the needle juices flowing) in to steep for five or ten minutes (depending on how strong you want the tea) right after you boil the water, then you retain all the vitamins. If you put the needles in while its boiling, you boil off the vitamins or so the books say. The young light green center needles of the tree limb are said to be the best but older needles work also. Don't overlook pine cambium or inner bark (white in color) between the outer bark and the inner wood. See (Green) Deane Jordan video link below.

Eat The Weeds: Episode 92: The Pine Tree, Pinus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA39XQ8UAr4

Deane Jordan article link "Pining for You" below
http://www.eattheweeds.com/www.EatTheWe ... r_You.html

Deane says that needles nearer to the trunk are higher in Vitamin C.

[coon4492]

I'm going to make some pine tea to go with my acorns now