"Taste" be damned. A couple of hundred years ago, white pine tea was a way to prevent scurvy in the winter. When vitamin C was scare because fresh greens were scarce, this could keep you healthy until spring.
Pine needle tea is nice for its vitamin c content and its abundance. It's super resilient as you can see, it's thriving in snowfall. To have so much vitamin c available year round and so abundantly, pine needles are truly a blessing.
Great video! I frequently drink White Pine Tea. I never boil the needles. Let the water boil then take it off and pour over the needles. Let it steep until the needles turn a dull gray green and sink down in the water. When that happens the tea is ready. You might need to heat the tea back up a little and add up to a teaspoon of raw honey. White Pine Tea will chase away muscle tension caused by the cold!
+Molson Wanders Yes I pour the hot water over the pine needles in my cup let steep 7 min. or so & strain it into another cup I add honey & lemon so good I love it. I planted 6 big white pines in my yard 16 years ago.
The taste isn't bad, in all honesty it tastes like watery christmas. In saying that, I made some at home with a little it of honey and a couple berries steeped and its really tasty
i remembered an old guy, my neighbor, who lived his life over a hundred years in a good health condition. he made his own tea mixing with a handful pine needle, persimmon leaf and bamboo grass and took 3 times every day. he departed for the heaven because of an traffic accident.
I personally have found that steeping pine needles with a bag of orange pekoe tea has a really nice flavor. The subtle pine flavor and the subtle flavor with orange pekoe tea come together to create something very good being that, neither are too overpowering, in my opinion.
I love this!! I'm a kid, but I want to find a way to eat outside without bringing stuff like oil, salt or flour outside. Of course this isn't eating, but this is amazing! Just what I imagined when I was thinking of how to make pine needle tea in the wilderness. Someday I'm going to live in the wilderness and this is going to come in handy. Adding this to my notebook! Thanks! Sincerely Viva
Viva's Art, ck out John Kallas, Ph.D. book Wild Foods Harvesting (or similar title). He's in Portland, OR and does wonderful outside seminars. He came to Eugene, OR to do one that I'd attended and we went to one of our local parks (Alton Baker). We stood in the same spot for 45 min and you couldn't believe all the edibles he identified in that one spot! And we think we're just walking on grass & weeds! If you ever get to attend any of his workshops, you'd be quite pleased. They're affordable and he's not only super well-informed but he's incredibly friendly, too. Look him up online by name or Wild Food Adventures. He does ocean foraging and clam digging workshops, too. And for some of his workshops, after foraging, they'll prepare the food they've harvested & they'll feast on that together. Nice, huh?
Oh, and John Kallas has extended workshops, too, where it'll be a camping trip & foraging for like 3-5 days. You'll see that if you look up his Wild Food Adventures.
You have to dig all the way down to the soil when making fires in pine beds! The partially-decomposed pine medium can smolder and spread fire underground. Just clearing the needles isn't enough.
It's actually most soluble in polar organic solvents like ethanol, acetone, and THF. But it will also dissolve in some strictly non-polar solvent like benzene
Why do other green leafed plant teas (such as nettle for example) turn a beautiful green color then? Is it because the broad-leafed characteristic allows for more surface area to contact the hot water vs a needle-type leaf?
I have made pine needle tea out of jackpine here in BC and found it actually had a lemony taste. It was rather good, but never realized the health benefits. I think I will start drinking it more often now.
Well I think I need a week long crash course if all things edible here in northern Michigan. I would love to have someone like you come spend some time showing my family and I all the things we could eat!
If people don't believe the technocracy exists and that our every mood, thought and discussion is listened to and predicted, I want to say this: Ten minutes ago I was discussing this very pine tea with my roommate. I described the needles and i guess it was less than a minute conversion in our home. Nothing on the Internet. Just a conversation. This video was recommended to me even though I've never searched for this type of video in several years.
I've drank pine needle tea a few times. To me the flavor is mild and pleasant. You can also eat the pollen cones because the pollen has quite a bit of protien (though I normally chew the juice and pollen out of them then spit them out because they are quite fibrous).
if you happen to have any honey, I personally find it really boosts the flavor. after experimenting with different flavors, if found honey seems to mix the best with the "piney" taste. sugar was okay, sweetener was disgusting, and lemon was eh.
I could watch these videos all day with no voice, just the spund of the fire and boiling water and pouring water. So so relaxing. Reminds me of cadets.
Really? Did he infuse pine needles into the honey to get the flavour or something? When I was a kid, I had this massive pine forest behind me, and I played in it a lot. I also had the opportunity to observe how pine trees flower and how the pine cones come on, etc. (because I was a quiet and observant child like that) The "flowering" stage of pine trees is not usually frequented by bees, at least where I lived. Pine trees pollinate by wind, (much like corn) and don't need insects to do the job. I never noticed swarms of bees all over the pines when they were flowering in the entire time we lived there...which is why I find your story of "pine honey" very strange.
@@TheMurlocKeeper I beleive have seen Pine honey for sale. I think I bought some in Greece. However I think I have seen clouds of pollen blowing around pine trees too. Maybe different types of pine trees differ in this respect.
@@TheMurlocKeeper Joe the juggalo sounds full of shit but isn't. Pine honey is an unusual honey because it is not produced entirely by honey bees . It is produced by bees that collect honeydew (sugary secretions) from a scale insect species called Marchalina hellenica, which lives on the sap of certain pine trees.
@@niccoloaurelius1587 very true. When I discovered the edibility of coniferous trees, I always considered it just another edible item that wouldn’t kill you. I read somewhere that the younger ones have more flavor and are better for cooking, so this is what I did. Found a pine about the height of my chest, grabbed a wad, made a loop of the needles to prevent being poked by them, then I took the loop end and jammed it in my mouth. I swear it tasted just like a sour orange/not as sour lemon. Such a beautifully tart taste. Nothing like the smell at all(although the smell is pleasing), but so delicious.
Great video! You probably already know this but those pine needles around the fire are super flammable. When I was a kid I built a much smaller fire than the one you have there and cleared about the same area out around it. It was sunny and as I sat feeding the fire I noticed a spreading black spot in the needles around the fire. Somehow they had lit! Couldn't see the flames in the sun but I saw the needles charring as they burnt. It spread fast! This was right behind our house...close and I panicked and managed to put it out by stomping on it and throwing dirt on it! Could have burnt the house down!
I;ve been told that pine needles add a great flavor to coffee. I've been wanting to try it since I love my camp coffee (made via percolator) but I wasn't sure what pine needles to use or whether to use dry or fresh. This clears it up! Thanks so much!
different pine trees vary a bit in flavor itried the pine tree needles in my neighborhood - and found one of the trees had a better flavor than the rest - very faint hint of floral citrus -only problem I couldnt remember which tree it was from - start over again and count which # tree i used. Definetly helped to lower my cholesterol a bit. my experiments need to be more consistent and try once a week for a period of time and then take the next blood test to how much it lowered cholesterol. FYI - if you look at the main ingredient in nature made cholestoff vitamins its pine! why buy when you can get free.
While I was doing my compulsory military service, I used to throw the leaves of pine trees into hot water and drink that tea. I still remember it had a very nice aroma.
I like your videos! Ive been wanting to go hiking but i didnt really know much and just by watching some of your videos I know more. Thanks for your information that you put in your videos!
a lot of youtube channels forget that the whole world could be watching their video not just the people in their local area. the white pine tree he is talking about only grows in the upper north west of the USA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_strobus. I would like to try this pine tea but I am not sure what pines in my area are poisonous or not and I don't trust his advice that only 3 types of pine trees in the whole world are poisonous.
@@Amipotsophspond it's also primary forest in upper Michigan. I live in PNW, but have acreage in the upper peninsula, and it is entirely paper birch and white pine.
Sounds great, and thanks for doing this review and "how to" video. I enjoy pine very much and newly into teas so this will be a must try. Es with all the latest news on the C shots and is being touted as the thing to be taking in when suffering from transmissions and/or shedding off of the inoculated ones.
Pine Tea (especially WHITE Pine) is actually better if you BOIL IT for 10-20 min, and its MUCH better from an OLDER TREE, because you will get a pinkish color to it. The younger trees lack this, and also lack the taste. Kids LOVE IT! It was a common food of the Ancient Chinese (where I learned about this was in China in 2006) which was called "The Food of The Fairies/Gods/Nymphs" and often is used to treat explainable illnesses in older people, and works very effectively. Everything from fatigue, to joint troubles, lethargy, stiffness, and even common problems as a supplement such as people with diabetes because it has no sugar unlike fruits which do. The Native Americans made a soup or tea from it which could cure Europeans suffering from scurvy and curing them within 7 days because it's got a higher amount of Vitamin C than a lemon. The bark also contains vitamin C, and you can grind it like cinnamon (which tastes awful) or boil it. Boiling it seems to work better than steeping it in my experience, and I've been drinking it since 2006. You can also use RED Pine which has 3 needles but its not as nutritious, and doesn't taste as good. it pairs very well with cloves (the spice) when you boil it. And, I've also prepared with with saffron steeped in if you want more color (AFTER its been boiled) as well as with rose buds, rose petals, or rose hips. Wild roses go well with it as well.
I had pine needle tea a few years ago when we went to the Wye Marsh Sweetwater Festival. I was surprised when the person said it was made from pine needles and was eager to try it. It is a mild tea and was enjoyable. I didn’t know how beneficial it was for your health. Thanks for the information on that.
I've known about this for a long time and I've personally found the baby pine trees tend to make you feel much better and pack more flavor (could just be a placebo with me). However don't over harvest a baby tree cause it needs all the resources it can get. I'd just take a few off of different ones so each individual one wasn't missing much at all. Also I like to use my knife and cut them up into shorter slices than you have, might not make much of a difference though it's just what I do. You forgot to mention not only does it fight off colds and help your health, it is extremely effective on helping cure the flu and or prevent the flu. Everytime I go backpacking/camping I also make sure to brew me up some pine tea :)
I’ve been making it with needles from trees in my backyard, but I didn’t know some are toxic. We just call them Conifers. I love the video, very well made, and soothing to listen to.
That warning at the beginning is precisely why I never use books with illustrations instead of photos as research material. Especially with mushrooms. When looking through stores, no two illustrations in the various books lacking actual photos look alike with any regularity. It's deeply concerning.
True but the main reason you should NEVER eat mushrooms in the wild unlike some people do againsed perfessional advise, is that mushrooms unlike regular plants eat toxins from the soil to survive instead of sustain on their own chlorophyll like green plants.
@@Ronalerickson "Unlike regular plants?" Buddy, what are you smoking? If it grow in the soil, it absorbs things from the soil. People around here get terribly sick every summer from eating blackberries growing near the banks of a contaminated creek and pretty much every edible plant in the largest wooded area at the edge of town is inedible because hobos have been using the whole place as a toilet for decades.
Yew trees definitely have to avoid eating from what I have heard but they are not pines. The berries are apparnently edible but the seed is poisonous as is the rest of the tree. Pines are all edible according to Linda Runyon.
Bro, great content. I'm glad i just found your channel. Now i know what tea i'll be making the next time i go camping... I had no idea pine needles had that much vitamin C, such a great endless source of it!
The properties in these teas is said to help with the transmission/symptoms people are experiencing being around people who have gotten the experimental injections this year.... hopefully lots of people find this video!!
Thanks for the info! I was at a small gathering where one of the guests just got her 2nd Phizer jab, and she was sick after it. Of course she was not wearing a mask, because the jabbed ones have that privilege, you know.... She got really close to my face as she spoke to me, and what do you know... within the next 3-4 days I got sick with what felt like a light form of flu or cold. 2 weeks later and I still have something sitting in my lungs that won't go away. I won't go to the Dr or take a test- screw them and their covid protocols. I just got my white pine needles and really hope that this tea helps me with whatever I caught from my jabbed friend.
@@loris1067 yeah I'm in the same boat.. just drank my first cup of white pine tea today and it was great, better than i thought, hopefully this is the cure.. also to let you know the meat from the food store is magnetized now they are injecting the animals with the vaccine then selling the meat.. spread the word
Live in the swampy part of southern Sweden and we do the exact thing but with Spruce (Picea abies) instead! Can also be used to flavor wild game and the resin can be chewed as chewing gum, specifically the old dried resin, fresh resin will stick to your teeth like glue
A pained tea drinker: NEVER boil water for tea dear boy! Catch the water just before the boil. All those boiling bubbles? Oxygen leaving the water; oxygen is a flavor enhancer. Tut, tut. Also: A Retired Librarian.
Though I agree you should not boil water for tea, the boiling bubbles are primarily water transitioning from liquid to gas (water vapor). Yes, there's _some_ oxygen dissolved in water and _yes_ it will start to leave solution as you heat up the water, but the vast majority of the bubbles in boiling water is simply water undergoing phase change.
I saw another video on pine needle tea and the guy said not to boil the pine needles in the water because it does something to the terpene content in the pine needles. That' might be what gave it that bitter taste. Its better to use more pine needles that is cut into smaller pieces or bruised, then add the just boiled water into the cup of pine needles and let steep for longer. Nice video!
+John Godwin Thanks again John! I can't wait either. I'm currently doing some scouting in the bush to find some more good trees for felling. I'm already starting to film for episode 8!
A good way to remember a white pine has five needless is the word WHITE has five letters A way to remember the Latin name for white pine (pinus stobus) is to think "strobe lights are white".
I've recently discovered the joy of making and sipping on pine needle tea. I find the flavor to be what I describe as "drinking in Christmas"! I love the taste and find it to be slightly sweet and mild in flavor without any bitterness whatsoever. I think it may be in the type of pine needles and the method used. I bruise the needles first with a wooden spoon to extract some of the juices, and add small branches to some pure, good tasting water, and bring it to a simmer. Then I let it steep for a few minutes before lifting out the pine needle branches, sifting out any needles that might be left.. pour into a mug, sweeten wit honey and enjoy!
One of our fav. wild edibles. I try to drink as much pine needle tea during our "dirt time" outings as possible. Love the way in which you put your vids together man. Had to sub, almost docu. style info vids, but still enjoyable. -Nate
2:20 The bark of mature trees looks furrowed like that. The bark of young trees is smooth. Five minutes is not nearly long enough for steeping the pine needles. Twenty minutes will ensure the goodness really leaches out into the water. Keep the mug close to the fire to keep warm.
It's also recommended that you wash or at least just pour cold water over the pine needles before using it for tea. Don't want any bear pee in your tea!
Love your foraging videos. This past February, I got very into learning about foraging. Your videos definitely helped me learn! I've made a few foraging related videos, too, but with little success.
My favorite pine tea is Nordmann fir (Christmas tree), Scotch pine and Red pine. Basically the top 3 most usual pine trees in Denmark. Red pine taking the lead with over 40% of Danish forrests. Some other things used to make tea here in Denmark is correl (Eadible in small amounts), chamomile and stinging nettles.
Stinging nettle soup is delicious. The other ingrediants are, potato, which gets soft & mashes down & thickens the soup, onions, salt & pepper & milk. Use lots of nettles .
If I make a tea infusion from pine needles in bulk for the whole week and keep it in the fridge or out of the fridge (which is recommended?) Will the nutritional values remain? Do pine wood needles contain surmin? And does surmin also cleanse toxins from vaccines?
I would say yes to making it in bulk, but refrigerate it if keeping it for more than a couple days. And yes, the big interest in pine needle tea currently is for its suramin content to counteract spike proteins from the jab. Best of luck 🙏
@@sonayamiller3689 Thank you for the important information you share.🙏🙏🙏💖 How many types of pine trees exist in the United States (New York)? And are they all safe to use? And do all their needles contain the same nutritional values? And most importantly, do they all contain surmin? And which pine tree needles do you think are most recommended? 🙏💖
Pine, spruce, cedar and fir are all safe and contain suramin. Look up videos on TH-cam for how to identify, there are some good ones out there! It’s not hard to identify them. You can buy over the internet, but why? sourcing locally gets you the freshest and most potent source. Have fun foraging!
@@sonayamiller3689 Thank you very much and appreciate your reference. 🙏🏼❤️ I will definitely watch your videos. At New York in the Central Park has all kinds in abundance so as you mentioned it is better fresh from the tree. Another question that bothers me a lot and I very much do not want to damage the trees so do I harm the tree when I cut the twig / branch from the tree? Will it grow again?
White Pine trees can actually range from 2 to 5 needles. All determines on which cluster you pick off the tree or if a squirrel came by. Nice job on the video. I like it.
Thank you so much for this video. Could be so helpful if you would talk to people about the dangers of Fire. We've had such horrible fires every summer. I know a lot of times they happen from lightning. I think it's a good idea to people know though. Not everybody has the weaknesses that you do.
@Vape Girl No one really knows for sure as it was an experiment. Depends on the amount of injections you have had. But at least 3 months, the equal time you have had the vaccine in your body.
Seems like White Pine are quite common, here in Europe. I tried them many times and I usually always quick boil the needles ( and even incl some of the bark, to give it a more tannin flavor )
Interesting...I usually prefer tea that has quite a lot of flavour to it, but the Pine Needle thing intrigued me. This is a plan for the future, for sure
Years ago I filled my canteen with runoff water along side a mountain logging road. I'm guessing it was mostly fir tree tea. What ever the trees were which donated the stuff for the tea it was the best mountain runoff tea I have ever tasted. I wish I could go back to the same spot again. All I know it was somewhere in the Blue Mountains near Tollgate, Oregon. Most of the needles would have been from the previous year. The water was maybe a hint of yellow brown. Which means they were dead needles.
The taste alone sucks! But I have heard that is really good for the body. I had 2 cups this morning with a bit of Lime juice and a little sugar you can put honey. The taste will change dramatically! Enjoy!!🤗 Thank you for sharing this incredible video.
"Taste" be damned. A couple of hundred years ago, white pine tea was a way to prevent scurvy in the winter. When vitamin C was scare because fresh greens were scarce, this could keep you healthy until spring.
I learned that last year from a park ranger in Vancouver, but if I remember correctly it was hemlock. Really neat!
@@Madmun357
Don't drink hemlock ....
Poison.
@@DARisse-ji1yw I think there are different varieties. Socrates (or Plato) died of poison Hemlock. But I'm gonna take your advice and not consume it.
@@Madmun357 Hemlock is in the carrot family and is extremely poisonous. It's a plant/weed. Steer clear of it.
@@cttraiden wildfoodsandmedicines.com/fir-hemlock-and-spruce-tips/
Pine needle tea is nice for its vitamin c content and its abundance. It's super resilient as you can see, it's thriving in snowfall. To have so much vitamin c available year round and so abundantly, pine needles are truly a blessing.
Great video! I frequently drink White Pine Tea. I never boil the needles. Let the water boil then take it off and pour over the needles. Let it steep until the needles turn a dull gray green and sink down in the water. When that happens the tea is ready. You might need to heat the tea back up a little and add up to a teaspoon of raw honey. White Pine Tea will chase away muscle tension caused by the cold!
+Molson Wanders Yes I pour the hot water over the pine needles in my cup let steep 7 min. or so & strain it into another cup I add honey & lemon so good I love it. I planted 6 big white pines in my yard 16 years ago.
Great advice!
Decoctions and infusions work for this.
@@z5959 Thanks
🌲 Molson 410
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Into a cup of Pine 🍵 tea❓
The taste isn't bad, in all honesty it tastes like watery christmas. In saying that, I made some at home with a little it of honey and a couple berries steeped and its really tasty
Bear Grylls made it with some of his pee steeped in. Nutritious
@@KandiKlover how dare you
@Doogie Carpit Burger Smooth Geryd Street oOoOoO solid burn, dudebro. If I don't put some aloe on it quick I fear I won't survive.
I used to do a combo of mint and pine as a child, and we kept (and re-used) long cinnamon sticks to stir it with.
@@jackstrubbe7608 I actually bought a good portion of cinnamon sticks the other day. I hate pre-grated cinnamon, it has no flavor to me.
Pine tree tea is what the natives served to the early settlers to stop scurvy lack of vitamin C .
Love your video's thanks
And the invaders (settlers) killed them off. Some gratitude.
i remembered an old guy, my neighbor, who lived his life over a hundred years in a good health condition. he made his own tea mixing with a handful pine needle, persimmon leaf and bamboo grass and took 3 times every day. he departed for the heaven because of an traffic accident.
Is it wrong that your last line made me laugh?
I know I'm late but isn't that much vitamin c dangerous? Just asking idk much
@@komocho7195 as did you lol what's it to ya ?!?! Jk :)
100 year old on the streets doesn’t seem very safe
@@1995Rebel Vitamin c is a water soluble vitamin, meaning that any excess will be excreted in urine
I personally have found that steeping pine needles with a bag of orange pekoe tea has a really nice flavor. The subtle pine flavor and the subtle flavor with orange pekoe tea come together to create something very good being that, neither are too overpowering, in my opinion.
+Hughes Card Great suggestion!
I love this!! I'm a kid, but I want to find a way to eat outside without bringing stuff like oil, salt or flour outside. Of course this isn't eating, but this is amazing! Just what I imagined when I was thinking of how to make pine needle tea in the wilderness. Someday I'm going to live in the wilderness and this is going to come in handy. Adding this to my notebook! Thanks!
Sincerely
Viva
Viva's Art, ck out John Kallas, Ph.D. book Wild Foods Harvesting (or similar title). He's in Portland, OR and does wonderful outside seminars. He came to Eugene, OR to do one that I'd attended and we went to one of our local parks (Alton Baker). We stood in the same spot for 45 min and you couldn't believe all the edibles he identified in that one spot! And we think we're just walking on grass & weeds! If you ever get to attend any of his workshops, you'd be quite pleased. They're affordable and he's not only super well-informed but he's incredibly friendly, too. Look him up online by name or Wild Food Adventures. He does ocean foraging and clam digging workshops, too. And for some of his workshops, after foraging, they'll prepare the food they've harvested & they'll feast on that together. Nice, huh?
Oh, and John Kallas has extended workshops, too, where it'll be a camping trip & foraging for like 3-5 days. You'll see that if you look up his Wild Food Adventures.
@@ncognito7137 thank you 😊
@@ncognito7137 that is so cool!! Thank you so much! I had no idea about John kallas so I will go check him out. 😊
I have the same dream but i live in Massachusetts and im curious what type of pines grow here because i would rather not poison myself!
It’s it interesting that pines stay green all year? A good indicator that the maker knew we would need it.
JUST watching this but look under power lines. You'll see they get fried along with other plants. Must be radiation.
Amen, brother!
Matthew 24:20 ✝️
What I always thought. I thought it was interesting as a child, that pines stayed green throughout winter. I knew they had to be very important.
Amen 🙏
Good observation, getting colder here, craving the pine now
You have to dig all the way down to the soil when making fires in pine beds! The partially-decomposed pine medium can smolder and spread fire underground. Just clearing the needles isn't enough.
Stephen Woods i was gonna comment on that myself
@@DawnDBoyerPhD a year ago?
First thing I thought too.
After drinking all the tea I'm sure he had enough to put it out.
I actually have a white pine in my front yard. I use it for compost because it makes a good nitrogen supplement.
You have to brake / cut pine needles more for the juice to seep out more.
I didnt expect mr slav to be in this comment section
@@agust8474 same lol
Nope. You don't
Break*
and the needles don’t need to be broken or cut they naturally steep.
@@PieFaceGuy9000 thank u
chemist here
the green stuff in the needles are chlorophyl, which are not solvable in water, but non-polar solvents e.g. hexane
greetings from germany
It's actually most soluble in polar organic solvents like ethanol, acetone, and THF. But it will also dissolve in some strictly non-polar solvent like benzene
@Huskington CONTINUE WITH THE BOROPHYLL!
Ok I'm impressed!
Now.. in plain English, gentlemen?
Why do other green leafed plant teas (such as nettle for example) turn a beautiful green color then? Is it because the broad-leafed characteristic allows for more surface area to contact the hot water vs a needle-type leaf?
W Johnston good info! Yes, I only use quality teas (organic and many from Mountain Rose or my backyard lol).
Back when i was is scouts, they always said that the new leaves tasted better then the normal ones. More Christmas, less turpentine.
I have made pine needle tea out of jackpine here in BC and found it actually had a lemony taste. It was rather good, but never realized the health benefits. I think I will start drinking it more often now.
careful of diarrhoea
How often do you need to drink it to get the benefits from it?
Well I think I need a week long crash course if all things edible here in northern Michigan. I would love to have someone like you come spend some time showing my family and I all the things we could eat!
If people don't believe the technocracy exists and that our every mood, thought and discussion is listened to and predicted, I want to say this:
Ten minutes ago I was discussing this very pine tea with my roommate.
I described the needles and i guess it was less than a minute conversion in our home.
Nothing on the Internet. Just a conversation.
This video was recommended to me even though I've never searched for this type of video in several years.
I love pine needle. Tea. Good on a cold morning to start your day....
Hey I love the amount of time and research you put into these videos. They're really pretty great.
+Katherine Broderick Thanks Katherine!
I've drank pine needle tea a few times. To me the flavor is mild and pleasant. You can also eat the pollen cones because the pollen has quite a bit of protien (though I normally chew the juice and pollen out of them then spit them out because they are quite fibrous).
One can never seem to find enough natural vitamin C during these harsh winters. I will definitely this thanks!
if you happen to have any honey, I personally find it really boosts the flavor. after experimenting with different flavors, if found honey seems to mix the best with the "piney" taste. sugar was okay, sweetener was disgusting, and lemon was eh.
+Blacklilly22 Great thanks for tips :) I've got some super flavorful unfiltered honey around, so I'll try that!
+sarahbojangles1 Very true. Thanks again for watching Sarah!
I could watch these videos all day with no voice, just the spund of the fire and boiling water and pouring water. So so relaxing. Reminds me of cadets.
Something new I'll have to try. My uncle in Germany was a bee keeper when he was alive and one of his most famous honeys he had was pine honey.
I couldn't resist Your uncle had to B alive to B a Bee keeper
Delicious!
Really? Did he infuse pine needles into the honey to get the flavour or something?
When I was a kid, I had this massive pine forest behind me, and I played in it a lot. I also had the opportunity to observe how pine trees flower and how the pine cones come on, etc.
(because I was a quiet and observant child like that)
The "flowering" stage of pine trees is not usually frequented by bees, at least where I lived. Pine trees pollinate by wind, (much like corn) and don't need insects to do the job.
I never noticed swarms of bees all over the pines when they were flowering in the entire time we lived there...which is why I find your story of "pine honey" very strange.
@@TheMurlocKeeper I beleive have seen Pine honey for sale. I think I bought some in Greece. However I think I have seen clouds of pollen blowing around pine trees too. Maybe different types of pine trees differ in this respect.
@@TheMurlocKeeper Joe the juggalo sounds full of shit but isn't.
Pine honey is an unusual honey because it is not produced entirely by honey bees . It is produced by bees that collect honeydew (sugary secretions) from a scale insect species called Marchalina hellenica, which lives on the sap of certain pine trees.
Try using the younger pine needles. They are softer and have more flavor.
This is the secret. Collect young needles in the spring, and dry them.
@@niccoloaurelius1587 very true. When I discovered the edibility of coniferous trees, I always considered it just another edible item that wouldn’t kill you. I read somewhere that the younger ones have more flavor and are better for cooking, so this is what I did. Found a pine about the height of my chest, grabbed a wad, made a loop of the needles to prevent being poked by them, then I took the loop end and jammed it in my mouth. I swear it tasted just like a sour orange/not as sour lemon. Such a beautifully tart taste. Nothing like the smell at all(although the smell is pleasing), but so delicious.
Yes, the nice green tips
I have a beautiful blue spruce in my backyard. The tea its needles make is delicious! Tastes exactly like the smell!
Great video! You probably already know this but those pine needles around the fire are super flammable. When I was a kid I built a much smaller fire than the one you have there and cleared about the same area out around it. It was sunny and as I sat feeding the fire I noticed a spreading black spot in the needles around the fire. Somehow they had lit! Couldn't see the flames in the sun but I saw the needles charring as they burnt. It spread fast! This was right behind our house...close and I panicked and managed to put it out by stomping on it and throwing dirt on it! Could have burnt the house down!
I;ve been told that pine needles add a great flavor to coffee.
I've been wanting to try it since I love my camp coffee (made via percolator) but I wasn't sure what pine needles to use or whether to use dry or fresh. This clears it up! Thanks so much!
SoulDevoured that would give Vit C to the coffee ☕️ very energizing
Nice.
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different pine trees vary a bit in flavor itried the pine tree needles in my neighborhood - and found one of the trees had a better flavor than the rest - very faint hint of floral citrus -only problem I couldnt remember which tree it was from - start over again and count which # tree i used. Definetly helped to lower my cholesterol a bit. my experiments need to be more consistent and try once a week for a period of time and then take the next blood test to how much it lowered cholesterol. FYI - if you look at the main ingredient in nature made cholestoff vitamins its pine! why buy when you can get free.
When I feel sick I usually chew on some pine needles.
TheAmazingJimmy me too
Can we eat and swallow?
Does it taste like anything?
Me too🙂
@@BlackArcherGaming Yes, chicken!
While I was doing my compulsory military service, I used to throw the leaves of pine trees into hot water and drink that tea. I still remember it had a very nice aroma.
Grinding the needles in say, a small mortar and pestle would release much more flavor as well and steeping for a longer time?
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I like your videos! Ive been wanting to go hiking but i didnt really know much and just by watching some of your videos I know more. Thanks for your information that you put in your videos!
Outsider: you’re unlikely to find any of these species of pine
Me: *lives in largest ponderosa pine forest in the world* 😐
Danielle White I know! That’s the only Pine tree we have in AZ
lol California, Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia? I'm in BC here.
Yeah forget this I don’t know the difference between pine trees 😂
a lot of youtube channels forget that the whole world could be watching their video not just the people in their local area. the white pine tree he is talking about only grows in the upper north west of the USA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_strobus. I would like to try this pine tea but I am not sure what pines in my area are poisonous or not and I don't trust his advice that only 3 types of pine trees in the whole world are poisonous.
@@Amipotsophspond it's also primary forest in upper Michigan. I live in PNW, but have acreage in the upper peninsula, and it is entirely paper birch and white pine.
This is the most comprehensive pine needle tea video I’ve found. Than you!
Sounds great, and thanks for doing this review and "how to" video. I enjoy pine very much and newly into teas so this will be a must try. Es with all the latest news on the C shots and is being touted as the thing to be taking in when suffering from transmissions and/or shedding off of the inoculated ones.
I like your honesty in your videos. great content!
Pine Tea (especially WHITE Pine) is actually better if you BOIL IT for 10-20 min, and its MUCH better from an OLDER TREE, because you will get a pinkish color to it. The younger trees lack this, and also lack the taste.
Kids LOVE IT!
It was a common food of the Ancient Chinese (where I learned about this was in China in 2006) which was called "The Food of The Fairies/Gods/Nymphs" and often is used to treat explainable illnesses in older people, and works very effectively. Everything from fatigue, to joint troubles, lethargy, stiffness, and even common problems as a supplement such as people with diabetes because it has no sugar unlike fruits which do.
The Native Americans made a soup or tea from it which could cure Europeans suffering from scurvy and curing them within 7 days because it's got a higher amount of Vitamin C than a lemon. The bark also contains vitamin C, and you can grind it like cinnamon (which tastes awful) or boil it. Boiling it seems to work better than steeping it in my experience, and I've been drinking it since 2006.
You can also use RED Pine which has 3 needles but its not as nutritious, and doesn't taste as good.
it pairs very well with cloves (the spice) when you boil it.
And, I've also prepared with with saffron steeped in if you want more color (AFTER its been boiled) as well as with rose buds, rose petals, or rose hips. Wild roses go well with it as well.
I had pine needle tea a few years ago when we went to the Wye Marsh Sweetwater Festival. I was surprised when the person said it was made from pine needles and was eager to try it. It is a mild tea and was enjoyable. I didn’t know how beneficial it was for your health.
Thanks for the information on that.
White pine -5 needles -5 letters
Red pine -3 needles -3 letters
HMMMM
Red pine has 2 needles.
Re pine has 2 letters
Robert Kingswood what about yellow pine?
white oak trees leaves look like clouds and red oak tree leaves look like fire
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I've known about this for a long time and I've personally found the baby pine trees tend to make you feel much better and pack more flavor (could just be a placebo with me). However don't over harvest a baby tree cause it needs all the resources it can get. I'd just take a few off of different ones so each individual one wasn't missing much at all.
Also I like to use my knife and cut them up into shorter slices than you have, might not make much of a difference though it's just what I do.
You forgot to mention not only does it fight off colds and help your health, it is extremely effective on helping cure the flu and or prevent the flu.
Everytime I go backpacking/camping I also make sure to brew me up some pine tea :)
I just might take a walk tomorrow in the blizzard heading our way. Thanks
+Bryan Resch I love hiking in a good blizzard. Makes me feel alive! lol Just be careful my friend.
oooh! have some hot soup when you get home!
native americans used the leaves from a tree called yaupon holly for ceremonial tea. lots of interesting history on that.
MrTributesTreesOfAtomity The only native North American plant with caffeine!
@Stacy Caruso yessir. ilex vomitoria. the natives called it white tea for its purification and the settlers called it black tea for its bitterness.
Yaupon holly makes a very delicious tea, no vomiting here. I roasted the leaves first though.
@@nuffsez5625 i think the version of tea, the plant is named for, may be a more concentrated recipe.
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Is Bear Grylls drinking his pee or pooping off the side of a cliff not famil friendly?
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standing bear yeahhhh ok. they all say that.
Back to the Basics 101 try drying them first
I appreciate your artistic cinematography. Especially with the first mug of tea.
I have boiled it and made aroma home spray never knowing i could drink it as tea.
Thank you for making these videos I suffer from stress and depression and these videos call me down just keep doing what you’re doing
pine needle tea is being touted as something very beneficial for people at this time.
I’ve been making it with needles from trees in my backyard, but I didn’t know some are toxic. We just call them Conifers. I love the video, very well made, and soothing to listen to.
That warning at the beginning is precisely why I never use books with illustrations instead of photos as research material. Especially with mushrooms. When looking through stores, no two illustrations in the various books lacking actual photos look alike with any regularity. It's deeply concerning.
True but the main reason you should NEVER eat mushrooms in the wild unlike some people do againsed perfessional advise, is that mushrooms unlike regular plants eat toxins from the soil to survive instead of sustain on their own chlorophyll like green plants.
@@Ronalerickson "Unlike regular plants?" Buddy, what are you smoking? If it grow in the soil, it absorbs things from the soil. People around here get terribly sick every summer from eating blackberries growing near the banks of a contaminated creek and pretty much every edible plant in the largest wooded area at the edge of town is inedible because hobos have been using the whole place as a toilet for decades.
Yew trees definitely have to avoid eating from what I have heard but they are not pines. The berries are apparnently edible but the seed is poisonous as is the rest of the tree. Pines are all edible according to Linda Runyon.
Bro, great content. I'm glad i just found your channel. Now i know what tea i'll be making the next time i go camping... I had no idea pine needles had that much vitamin C, such a great endless source of it!
The properties in these teas is said to help with the transmission/symptoms people are experiencing being around people who have gotten the experimental injections this year.... hopefully lots of people find this video!!
Thanks for the info! I was at a small gathering where one of the guests just got her 2nd Phizer jab, and she was sick after it. Of course she was not wearing a mask, because the jabbed ones have that privilege, you know.... She got really close to my face as she spoke to me, and what do you know... within the next 3-4 days I got sick with what felt like a light form of flu or cold. 2 weeks later and I still have something sitting in my lungs that won't go away. I won't go to the Dr or take a test- screw them and their covid protocols. I just got my white pine needles and really hope that this tea helps me with whatever I caught from my jabbed friend.
@@loris1067 yeah I'm in the same boat.. just drank my first cup of white pine tea today and it was great, better than i thought, hopefully this is the cure.. also to let you know the meat from the food store is magnetized now they are injecting the animals with the vaccine then selling the meat.. spread the word
@@loris1067 Make and take some CDS as well. Or home made Hydroxychlorine, using lemon and grapefruit skins boiled in water/ Anything to help.
@@terrythomas790 Thank you!
Live in the swampy part of southern Sweden and we do the exact thing but with Spruce (Picea abies) instead! Can also be used to flavor wild game and the resin can be chewed as chewing gum, specifically the old dried resin, fresh resin will stick to your teeth like glue
A pained tea drinker: NEVER boil water for tea dear boy! Catch the water just before the boil. All those boiling bubbles? Oxygen leaving the water; oxygen is a flavor enhancer. Tut, tut. Also: A Retired Librarian.
I did not know this. Thanks for very interesting facts!
*stands up and applauds*
I too, was horrified by that, lol! Glad I'm not the only one! :D
Though I agree you should not boil water for tea, the boiling bubbles are primarily water transitioning from liquid to gas (water vapor). Yes, there's _some_ oxygen dissolved in water and _yes_ it will start to leave solution as you heat up the water, but the vast majority of the bubbles in boiling water is simply water undergoing phase change.
Thank you
Beth Clemensen.....
Funny 😁. And you sound like a very sharp cookie!
I'm sure you know of what you speak!
Thanks for the information....spit spot. 😁.
I saw another video on pine needle tea and the guy said not to boil the pine needles in the water because it does something to the terpene content in the pine needles. That' might be what gave it that bitter taste. Its better to use more pine needles that is cut into smaller pieces or bruised, then add the just boiled water into the cup of pine needles and let steep for longer. Nice video!
You always make great videos. Wow, I can't wait to see more Log Cabin work. :-)
+John Godwin Thanks again John! I can't wait either. I'm currently doing some scouting in the bush to find some more good trees for felling. I'm already starting to film for episode 8!
My eperience using it for cold was awesome, excellent night sleep and quick recovery, I been using it eversince watching this video !
A good way to remember a white pine has five needless is the word WHITE has five letters
A way to remember the Latin name for white pine (pinus stobus) is to think "strobe lights are white".
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your videos are great. simple and informative!
teas like this usually steep 10-15 min. and for the hardcore, 30 min.
I steep it overnight.
Your videos are very precise, clear and educational. Subbed! Thank you.
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I've recently discovered the joy of making and sipping on pine needle tea. I find the flavor to be what I describe as "drinking in Christmas"! I love the taste and find it to be slightly sweet and mild in flavor without any bitterness whatsoever. I think it may be in the type of pine needles and the method used. I bruise the needles first with a wooden spoon to extract some of the juices, and add small branches to some pure, good tasting water, and bring it to a simmer. Then I let it steep for a few minutes before lifting out the pine needle branches, sifting out any needles that might be left.. pour into a mug, sweeten wit honey and enjoy!
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One of our fav. wild edibles. I try to drink as much pine needle tea during our "dirt time" outings as possible. Love the way in which you put your vids together man. Had to sub, almost docu. style info vids, but still enjoyable. -Nate
+Tea In The Trees Thanks Nate for the sub ! Glad you're enjoying the channel.
2:20 The bark of mature trees looks furrowed like that. The bark of young trees is smooth. Five minutes is not nearly long enough for steeping the pine needles. Twenty minutes will ensure the goodness really leaches out into the water. Keep the mug close to the fire to keep warm.
I am surrounded by White Pine. I'll have to brew some up soon. Thanks
this is so tasty. a friend of mine told me about pine needle tea years ago. i was skeptical, bu i tried it. the whole family loved it
It's also recommended that you wash or at least just pour cold water over the pine needles before using it for tea. Don't want any bear pee in your tea!
I've never seen a bear lean back and shoot for the branches before.
Bear pee is high in vitimine P
I'm sorry...but what sort of bear is gonna reach those branches? It's up pretty high, brah!
@@TheMurlocKeeper bears climb trees.
Love your foraging videos. This past February, I got very into learning about foraging. Your videos definitely helped me learn! I've made a few foraging related videos, too, but with little success.
My understanding us that water above about 140 degrees Fahrenheit destroys vitamin C.
So he still destroyed it anyways pouring it right in like that lol
Mike Kennedy most will survive.
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Steve Ala That's a good idea to try. I wonder if the "pine juice" could be extracted from the needles without high heat though.
My favorite pine tea is Nordmann fir (Christmas tree), Scotch pine and Red pine. Basically the top 3 most usual pine trees in Denmark. Red pine taking the lead with over 40% of Danish forrests.
Some other things used to make tea here in Denmark is correl (Eadible in small amounts), chamomile and stinging nettles.
Stinging nettle soup is delicious. The other ingrediants are, potato, which gets soft & mashes down & thickens the soup, onions, salt & pepper & milk. Use lots of nettles .
Awesome, I am a new sub and will for sure try it.
+DIY Kid Awesome!
I read about this tea, in Tom Brown's survivalist book! Thanks, for bringing it up again! 👍
If I make a tea infusion from pine needles in bulk for the whole week and keep it in the fridge or out of the fridge (which is recommended?) Will the nutritional values remain?
Do pine wood needles contain surmin? And does surmin also cleanse toxins from vaccines?
I would say yes to making it in bulk, but refrigerate it if keeping it for more than a couple days. And yes, the big interest in pine needle tea currently is for its suramin content to counteract spike proteins from the jab.
Best of luck 🙏
@@sonayamiller3689 Thank you for the important information you share.🙏🙏🙏💖
How many types of pine trees exist in the United States (New York)?
And are they all safe to use? And do all their needles contain the same nutritional values?
And most importantly, do they all contain surmin?
And which pine tree needles do you think are most recommended? 🙏💖
Pine, spruce, cedar and fir are all safe and contain suramin. Look up videos on TH-cam for how to identify, there are some good ones out there! It’s not hard to identify them. You can buy over the internet, but why? sourcing locally gets you the freshest and most potent source. Have fun foraging!
@@sonayamiller3689
Thank you very much and appreciate your reference. 🙏🏼❤️
I will definitely watch your videos.
At New York in the Central Park has all kinds in abundance so as you mentioned it is better fresh from the tree.
Another question that bothers me a lot and I very much do not want to damage the trees so do I harm the tree when I cut the twig / branch from the tree? Will it grow again?
@@ruthk9223 I wouldn't worry about shedding, unless you actually took the jab and want to detox from it.
Hmm. Maybe I used a different kind of pine? But when I've made this tea, it tasted like oranges. No kidding. Delicious. Surprisingly delicious.
38 dislikes, the morons who used the wrong pine tree needles for the tea 🤦🏻♂️
Yup and they are shitting their brains out!
Or from people like myself who know that if you boil the needles you make turpentine not tea.
@@DarrylBass ....which would work best for a topical use medicated salve? An infusion would work better then a decoction for ingestion then?
@@DarrylBass The slaves used this turpentine for healing remedies, colds, flu, and maybe CV-19
They can't count to 5
Geee I didn’t know that was a Thing.
I never fail to learn something new every day.
Glad I found your channel 🤙🏽🌋
is the white pine the only pine that has clusters of 5?
This is the best information my brain has received all day. Thank you. Subbed.
What makes the other pines inedible will they cause vomiting or kill you or what
You showed great depth in your subject matter thank you! Great job well done!
5:10 I will now taste it
*Excitement ensues*
Thank You for this video! I've been wanting to try pine tea for the longest time. I'll be searching my area for whit pine!
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They are also useful for combatting the spike proteins from the covid vaxes
qanon much?
@@reality_bites7887 never
White Pine trees can actually range from 2 to 5 needles. All determines on which cluster you pick off the tree or if a squirrel came by. Nice job on the video. I like it.
I drank 4 cups of pine needle tea a day for 3 weeks. Had to stop 'cause my dog kept peeing on me.
Queso Grande 😂👍🏼
Thank you so much for this video. Could be so helpful if you would talk to people about the dangers of Fire. We've had such horrible fires every summer. I know a lot of times they happen from lightning. I think it's a good idea to people know though. Not everybody has the weaknesses that you do.
Thats why you watch a fire video. This is pine tea. Lets not cover everything else. Pls. Greedy
I had no idea that pine needle tea would taste like pine needles.
Hey, Very good video on white Pine Needle Tea. Thanks for sharing.
Also great for removing the spike protein from the C19 vaccine.🙂
@Vape Girl No one really knows for sure as it was an experiment. Depends on the amount of injections you have had. But at least 3 months, the equal time you have had the vaccine in your body.
love the background shots through the cup of tea
Add honey.
+MUDSWAT Good suggestion.
Seems like White Pine are quite common, here in Europe. I tried them many times and I usually always quick boil the needles ( and even incl some of the bark, to give it a more tannin flavor )
Does it has 2 needles or 5 needles?
Wouldn't putting these in a juicer be better?
Very nice ! Tea always gets me uplifted.
I assume a lot of people are here looking for ways to protect themselves from any side effects of the vax. ~sending love and healing vibes to all ~
Interesting...I usually prefer tea that has quite a lot of flavour to it, but the Pine Needle thing intrigued me. This is a plan for the future, for sure
Dude you are one cool guy with tons of valuable information thank you.
great video! please make more, i will be binging all your vids right afte i make me some pine needle tea. best of luck to you friend!
Years ago I filled my canteen with runoff water along side a mountain logging road. I'm guessing it was mostly fir tree tea. What ever the trees were which donated the stuff for the tea it was the best mountain runoff tea I have ever tasted. I wish I could go back to the same spot again. All I know it was somewhere in the Blue Mountains near Tollgate, Oregon. Most of the needles would have been from the previous year. The water was maybe a hint of yellow brown. Which means they were dead needles.
The taste alone sucks! But I have heard that is really good for the body. I had 2 cups this morning with a bit of Lime juice and a little sugar you can put honey. The taste will change dramatically! Enjoy!!🤗 Thank you for sharing this incredible video.