Pine Needle Tea - How to make it, History, Medicinal properties & Poisonous trees to avoid
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- Today we set forth to have a look at the famous pine needle tea. We open with a story about the scurvy riddled voyage of french explorer Jaques Cartier and how his crew were saved by pine needle tea with thanks to the Iroquois. We go on to show you how to identify the difference between spruce, fir and pine. We make some pine needle tea from the Scots pine tree and also show you which trees are poisonous and should not be used for tea! We also discuss why using the needles in combination with the inner 'cambium bark' of the tree can give the tea and extra medicinal boost. Be respectful to the trees and do not take too much from them. Why not forage for wind fallen needles instead of cutting fresh ones. As with harvesting any wild food, make sure you are 100% confident of the species you have and make sure its not poisonous. If you are in any doubt, be safe and don't ingest anything. Why not consult a local tree expert or find a group to help you if you are a beginner. Happy foraging!
00:00 - Opening
00:30 - Story of Jaques Cartier’s pine needle scurvy cure
02:20 - Pine Needle Tea intro
02:56 - Which conifer trees to use and how to identify them
04:00 - Scots Pine
05:44 - The Collie interlude
06:23 - Scots Pine Bark identification
06:39 - Scots Pine Needles
07:27 - Poisonous conifer trees to avoid
08:06 - Which needles for Vitamin C
08:41 - How to harvest needles
09:03 - Making Scots Pine needle tea
09:54 - Preserving Vitamin C
10:23 - How to collect pine inner cambium bark
11:30 - Is pine inner bark edible?
12:25 - Medicinal properties of pine needle tea
13:34 - How long to boil pine needle tea?
14:00 - What does pine needle tea taste like? - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
00:00 - Opening
00:30 - Story of Jaques Cartier’s pine needle scurvy cure
02:20 - Pine Needle Tea intro
02:56 - Which conifer trees to use and how to identify them
04:00 - Scots Pine
05:44 - The Collie interlude
06:23 - Scots Pine Bark identification
06:39 - Scots Pine Needles
07:27 - Poisonous conifer trees to avoid
08:06 - Which needles for Vitamin C
08:41 - How to harvest needles
09:03 - Making Scots Pine needle tea
09:54 - Preserving Vitamin C
10:23 - How to collect pine inner cambium bark
11:30 - Is pine inner bark edible?
12:25 - Medicinal properties of pine needle tea
13:34 - How long to boil pine needle tea?
14:00 - What does pine needle tea taste like?
Great viewing. Thankyou this will be part of my home schooled boys lessons this week.
Very glad to be part of the lesson and hope they enjoy!
So thankful to have an Eastern White Pine just outside my front door...I use just a little stevia to sweeten the tea.
"let's take some branches here and there, so we won't have a big impact on the photosynthesis in one spot.." that's very thoughtful.
Thanks for sharing it!
I would highly recommend a fuzzy cover for your microphone to cut the wind rumble. It would make your voice much easier to understand.
The sleeping giant hath awoken! Welcome back Jamie. Was wondering what you would post about next, pine needle tea wasn't in my top five guesses lol. Random thought - have you ever considered doing a video about the different amanita strains and the lore around them? That would be badass
That’s a great idea! Could fit in lots of history and lore as you say. As long as I don’t have to try amanita tea from each strain though🤣
Hi Jamie, This video is the first I have wholeheartedly connected with and enjoyed, I hope to beable to visit scotland in the next few years..Just my cup of tea😋😉, exploring and identifying trees and other things, and getting hands on while preparing a lovely warm drink that is healing. I will return and your Dog is very very sweet..he looked very curious about the tea. Take care.Lia
Very glad you enjoyed it!
Stunning scenery, interesting history, handsome, knowledgeable guide: what's NOT to like 👏
Return of the foraging king, always enjoy your videos. Welcome back!
Thanks Matt!
Happy to see you upload again! Great video as usual!
Thanks Malcolm!
I’m so glad I found your channel, I nearly picked up some fallen branches yesterday to make tea but was a bit wary, shall try again today!
Just LOVELY! Thanks for the enlightening regarding pines, the breathtaking scenery, and an overall delightful "escape" 👍
Great informative vid! Love conifer tea!
Absolutely love your videos! So pleased to see you back!
Thanks Gemma 😁
Nice video
I just found your page a few weeks ago and was hoping you came back to post again. Was happy to see this post today, watching now. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thanks Jul! I’ll be posting a bit more regularly now!
This is sick man! Love it
Thanks!
i love your videos so much! they make me really excited to go romping in the woods. ive never really foraged before but this is inspiring me! ill be sure to identify my flora carefully thanks to you
Yes it’s so fun once you start to recognise stuff and think about all the cool things you can do and make with the flora! It totally changes how you look at things.
Just discovered you a weekish ago, love the videos! Great to see you upload something new :)
Thanks Rosemary! Hopefully be making them a bit more regularly this year!
My worry on this front is similarity with lodgepole and identifying between the two.
Initially thought we were going to get some wild swimming from you Jamie!!
Another fascinating & informative little presentation from you!
Now there’s a great idea for the next video!
Hi Jaime,
I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this information. Very thorough with the preparation info. Honestly it sounds like it tastes pretty good. Cheers!
Thanks Lucas hope you enjoy the tea!
So much value from watching just two of your videos - this one and birch polypore. Heading out tomorrow and hopefully waking up without this winter head cold the day after!!
Did you manage to find a birch polypore and get rid of the nasty head cold? 😁
As a kid in Alberta Canada I would make Wild Rose Buds and Spruce needle tea.... can make it all year round and the Rose Buds are full of V-C
That sounds lovely!
@@JamieKunka I always use the newest ends on the spruce tree branches... I'll try the older ends next time because of your video... And I'll try Pine Needle Tea also... Thanks
Each video i try to figure out which jacket you're wearing, looks perfect for a bit of bushcrafting!
They are a mixture of vintage Norrona and Haglofs jackets!
I'm definitely going to do a tea for sure , can I ask what wood did you use for the tap in the birch wood sap many thanks and kind regards tony
It was tulip wood (poplar) but i might make my next one from birch!
@@JamieKunka that would make a cool video. If you make it next to the tree from the tree but it will have to be soon .good luck I look forward to seeing how you do it
Hi bro. Can I ask you a favor? Would u mind sending me a few pine tree cuttings that incan plant over here in malaysia? 😀
My daughter just sent me your video and broke my heart - your sheltie is a twin to the one I loved and lost a few years ago! I tried to catch a screen shot, but video moves too fast :) Oh yes, love the pine needle tea too - as well as Scotland!
Very sorry to hear about your Sheltie they really are amazing creatures and companions. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
would it be possible to get the flavor and the benefits by just steeping the needles in hot water in a tea strainer? I like to go out looking for mushrooms but don't like to take a lot of gear with me so thought it could be possible to bring a flask of boiling water, a cup and a tea strainer to have tea in the woods. thoughts?
Hi Esme! I quite often do this method as well. I think the key to getting flavour and medicinal benefits this way would be to chop the needles up quite fine to increase the surface area of the needle coated to the hot water! Probably would only need 5-10 minutes of steeping time to get a tasty brew!
It is common knowledge that vitamin C is not retained to the levels you could if you steeped the elements instead of boiling them.
Brilliant, thank for sharing this. May I ask, does pine needle tea contain Vitamin K? If so, how much? Thanks in advance 👍
I think yes but I can’t find the concentration anywhere in the literature sadly.
The one thing I needed to see was up close to identify the pine tree. Crucial part missed.
Hai I'm from Indonesia I'm interest to you
Jamie Kunka, I hear many people talking about vit C being very high in this type of tea but doesn't heating the Eastern Pine Needles to make tea destroy the vits c??? If so how can one use this needle to get the vit c benefits?
Very good point! From what I was able to research it seems that the concoction should be steeped at a lower temperature to maintain more vitamin c. Maybe more like a tea bag than a boil. It also appears from a scientific paper that the addition of the inner bark into the concoction really slowed down the rate that the vitamin c oxidised. I think that basically older longer needles and a slow steady ‘Steep’ below boiling point would be the best best bet. Hope this helps!
@@JamieKunka Thanks.
That's what I thought as well. Pine needles in essential oil form also contain other properties that get rid of other (for lack of a general purpose term) things that tax the immune system. For example, they allow it to work correctly such as the regulation of breast cancer receptor pathways (AMPK/mTOR pathways) which downstream causes proliferated apoptosis to BC MCF-7 cells (cancer). It could literally be regulating your bodies ability to stem the production of cancer. Very interesting.
You can tell it’s a spruce because of the way that it is.
You dressed up very well but your guardian sit frequently to avoid winds swift disarray ,disturbing and pulling her furs. They are for sheep herd on green prairie!!