Wilderness Tea
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Thanks for the ideas. I was thinking more of leaves and fruits that I could just grab and stick in hot water or boil without having to process. That puts dandelion root and rosehip. I'm not a fan of mint and chamomile but there are plenty of pine around my way so will give that a go.
Have a long standing affair with liquorice tea....
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If you run out of tea or coffee means your planning is fundamentally flawed and you should not be out in the wild camping.
You could also learn to love drinking just boiled water! It may be rather Calvanistic of me but unless I'm in a cafe or at a friends I drink boiled water mainly. It's actually quite nice. Though I do enjoy various types of fruit and herbage in there if out in the wilds. I prefer larch over pine, juniper berries are nice. Wild sage or mint good too.
Don't flavours like Yorkshire teabags, think more like some Chinese teas where the first infusions are discarded and the more subtle later ones are enjoyed.
There's also a company that make ginger sweeties that they recomend and indeed are very tasty disolved into water to make a nice tea thats also good for the tummy.
I remembered the name of the ginger sweets that make a good drink they're called Gin Gins from a company called The Ginger People
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Don't flavours like Yorkshire teabags, think more like some Chinese teas where the first infusions are discarded and the more subtle later ones are enjoyed.
There's also a company that make ginger sweeties that they recomend and indeed are very tasty disolved into water to make a nice tea thats also good for the tummy.
I remembered the name of the ginger sweets that make a good drink they're called Gin Gins from a company called The Ginger People
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
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Hi Pysen
Yes, where Im from, in Yorkshire, There are a number of places where Bilberries grow. On open moorland as well as in pine forests. The roe deer love them. I dont think they are as common further south in the UK though? Id never thought to make a tea out of them. They are just beginning to flower now.
Ok, Ill try it, and let you know. ...
Im waiting for the berries though, so i can use my new wicker basket and berry picker.
This is what they looked like a month ago, they are now covered in leaves and starting to flower.
Apparrently the tea is good for haemmorrhoids and diarreah, and aids digestion.
Im not much of a tea maker myself, wouldnt it be better dried first?
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Meadowsweet tea is lovely, but it's highly diuretic... heather, red clover flowers and blackthorn leaf (has a long history of being used as a green tea) are all very good.
Ground ivy is also supposed to make a nice tea, though I haven't tried it myself. There's a lot of it about right now.
I rarely feel the need for a brew when out, and just drink water when I want to drink. In cold weather then it is different, and I will make tea or coffee or hot chocolate just for the warmth.
I rarely feel the need for a brew when out, and just drink water when I want to drink. In cold weather then it is different, and I will make tea or coffee or hot chocolate just for the warmth.
