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Sailor, what are your directions for making nettle tea? I like try wild edibles but haven't had nettle tea. I would like to try it. Nettles are pretty common in the creekbottoms around here.
Nettle is rather mild so it needs time to soak. Specially when fresh.
First rinse fresh leaves with cold water for few secs. Then put say 4-5 leaves into glass, fill with boiling water and let soak about 8-10 mins.
With dried and crushed leaves use 1 tablespoon and soak about 5 mins.
Sometimes folks also use other herbs like freshly grown birch leaves or young spruce needles together with nettle.
Back many years ago, in the army, we used to make 'tea' or herbal drink from freshly grown spruce needles every now and then. Bit sourish but very refreshing. Still do it every now and then.
But never use leaves or needles that has grown for several months. Only freshly grown, young leaves or needles. However, if you dry them, they are usable for years.
So are nettles sweet ? And yes,the world is shrinking...not sure if that's good or bad yet ?
What's the story on not picking roadside nettles then,polluted ? And don't they have stinging needles that you have to remove somehow ??
Steph,
You wouldn't want to pick anything to eat from places where people tend to walk their dogs or that get too exposed on exhaust gas. Etc
Nettles have needles but they go away either by drying and/or boiling for few seconds.
I wouldn't say that nettles are sweet. They taste very green, if you know what I mean. A bit like spinach. Loaded with chlorophyl, vitamins, minerals, anti oxidants and all other things a growing boy needs. :D
Whoa, nettle tea? Anyone know the cultural background/history of that (I see Sailor is in Finland... is that something common there)? Does it have caffeine? Can it be drunk daily?
I'm having some green tea from the travel mug this afternoon.
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Trying to figure out what to use this impulse buy for. It's an odd kind of middle size that makes a nice, small matcha bowl but is very large for something like sencha.
Perhaps I'll use it for matcha or when I want a bigger volume of oolong or genmaicha or something.
In any case, here it is with mint cut from the garden:
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