Sea buckthorn tea - an elixir of he alth and longevity

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

What could be tastier, richer and more aromatic than traditional Russian sea buckthorn tea? Such a healing drink, which heals the soul and body, was prepared in ancient times everywhere in Russia by our great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers, and its bright yellow color cheers up and perfectly quenches thirst! Our completely simple recipes for how to make sea buckthorn tea will help you maintain good he alth and youth for many years to come!

Benefits of sea buckthorn tea

Sea buckthorn tea, the recipe of which you will find below, is endowed with useful, almost magical qualities. In addition to the high content of vitamins and trace elements, sea buckthorn also contains organic acids, which treats almost all diseases. The content of ascorbic acid is especially off scale, which means that your immunity will become stronger. Compotes, jelly, jam are prepared from sea buckthorn, but we will learn about the intricacies of preparing such an elixir as sea buckthorn tea.

Swith mint and honey

What does it take to make sea buckthorn tea with a delicate sweet taste of honey and cool hints of mint? You will need 3 cups of sea buckthorn juice, 1 liter of freshly boiled water, 2 cups of mint (pre-brewed) and 2 tablespoons of honey. If you do not like honey, feel free to replace it with sugar, but with honey, of course, it is more traditional.

Now we are preparing tea from sea buckthorn, honey and mint. Dilute the sea buckthorn juice with boiled water so that it is not highly concentrated, pour in a decoction of mint, put honey, mix everything thoroughly and put in a cool place to infuse. Best served chilled.

Tea with sea buckthorn and apple juice

You already know how to make sea buckthorn tea. A recipe using apple juice implies the following ingredients: 2 cups of sea buckthorn, 5 apples and 150 g of honey.

Cooking this way: carefully sort the sea buckthorn and put the berries in a saucepan. Squeeze it so that it starts up the juice, and pour boiling water over it. Squeeze apple juice (take cheesecloth or juicer). Now about how to brew tea: heat apple juice in a saucepan and immediately pour sea buckthorn berries into it, by that time they will already be well steamed. So it turned out to be a kind of healing tea. It remains to add honey to it and mix. The drink is delicious chilled, but you can add boiling water to it and thus warm it up. In order not to cool berry and aromatic tea, cover the pan tightly with a lid, wraptowel and leave warm for 10 minutes. Sea buckthorn tea with the addition of apple juice will infuse and become even tastier and richer.

Preparing a drink from sea buckthorn and ginger

We talked about how to brew sea buckthorn tea correctly with the addition of mint and apple juice. Now we offer a recipe where ginger is put instead of these products. Such tea is simply the most valuable cure for colds, strengthens the immune system, restores the body's defenses, which helps to recover faster after illness, surgery or childbirth.

To prepare, you will need the following ingredients: classic black tea without all kinds of flavorings and additives - 1 teaspoon, a small piece of ginger root or dry ground ginger (fresh, of course, is preferable), a little frozen sea buckthorn (about 1 tablespoon), 750 ml boiling water, honey optional.

Technology for making a drink from sea buckthorn with ginger root: boil water in a kettle. In the meantime, peel the skin off the ginger root with a knife and grate it on the finest grater. Can be cut into small cubes. Squeeze the thawed sea buckthorn in advance in a bowl with a pestle so that it gives juice. Pour tea into a container, add sea buckthorn and ginger root. You can immediately put honey there when brewing tea. This makes it he althier and tastier. Pour boiling water over and leave to infuse for 4-5 minutes. After that, you can crush the sea buckthorn with a pestle a little more, this will only enhance the taste.

That's it! The drink is ready and youyou can pour it into mugs. It is best to use beautiful transparent glass cups for such tea. So, in addition to enjoying the taste, you will be able to contemplate the most beautiful color of this divine drink. Its taste is sweet and sour, but not as sour as cranberries or currants, and not too sweet.