Matt Loves to Make Pine Needle Tea - It's Good for You!
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- Watch this video to see how Matt makes pine needle tea. So simple and so good for you too! He likes to make it when he's out and about roaming in the Appalachian mountains or feeling puny and needing a pick me up.
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Granmother was Ojibwe Healer. She made us White Pine Needle Tea. Which has 5 needles per bunch. The 5 needles represent each tribe of the Great 5 Tribe War, after a peace treaty was acheived. The Peacemaker pulled up a full grown White Pine, ordered all of the 5 tribes to cast their war weapons into the hole, replaced the tree, which grew. Thats the short version. We drank it, especially in the winter when oranges were scarce. We use all of nature for medicines and good things. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing that history 😀
I'm with you, l hate any hot tea.
That's an awesome story. Thank you. I'm jealous of your amazing heritage. I'm sure you're mighty proud. I know I'd be. 💛
@@nancyfaircloth3224 Hey, Nancy! You might like to upload that comment on the main thread so Tipper can see it. I think it may've accidentally shown up on this lady's sub thread. Btw: you can drink alittle hot tea now & again in the winter. It's good for you! Haha!
What a great story. Love the history.
Matt has demonstrated here a great example of the many useful herbs and plants available to us in the outdoors. Pine needles brewed in a hot tea not only is good for you (vitamins and minerals) but also taste great. Will certainly warm you up on a cold day in the woods. I want to thank Matt for demonstrating how he makes this tea. I would encourage y’all to feature Matt by doing more videos related to woodcraft skills and life in the outdoors of Applicaiha. - Tennessee Smoky
That would be great
So glad you enjoyed it 😀
Isn't it amazing what we find in our back yards!! I imagine you forage for lots of herbs and edibles in the woods. We do. Those pine needles make a fine pine cleaner, too; an ointment or chest rub; a healing salve, and much, much more. The good Lord knew exactly what He was doing when he so graciously gave us all these healing products. Thank you, Matt for sharing with us.
We used to go out and cut some sassafras root and make tea.
Pine needle tea has a pleasant taste and smell (always a good start).
It is rich in vitamin C (5 times the concentration of vitamin C found in lemons) and can bring relief to conditions such as heart disease, varicose veins, skin complaints and fatigue.
Vitamin C is also an immune system booster which means that pine needle tea can help to fight illness and infections.
Pine needle tea also contains high levels of Vitamin A, which is good for your eyesight, improves hair and skin regeneration and improves red blood cell production.
It can be used as an expectorant for coughs and to help relieve chest congestion; it is also good for sore throats.
It brings you clarity and mental clearness.
It can help with depression, obesity, allergies and high blood pressure.
Pine needles contain antioxidants. These reduce free radicals, which are harmful to humans and can cause disease.
Taoist priests drank pine needle tea as they believed it made them live longer. There is researched evidence that pine needle tea can help to slow the ageing process.
Pick some pine needles and let them soak in boiling water on your stove and it will add a crisp pine smell all over the house. Perfect for Christmas.
Thank you for going to the trouble of informing us all about the benefits of pine needle tea, may the LORD BLESS YOU Noddy. :))
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Wow, a veritable encyclopedia!! You made me want to go get some and simmer on the wood stove, maybe make a tincture or sauve later. Im going out to my blue spruce! One is still short so it will be easier lol.
@@montanaliving4769 copy n pasted from google lol......never heard of pine tea before so i googled...ordered some for myself 🙂 hoping it will help with copd
@Montana Living is blue spruce a good one ? I have one in my front yard.
Thanks, Matt for that lesson on tea making with the pine needles. And also thanks to Tipper, who managed to taste it without making too many faces!
I like Matt sharing his Appalachian foraging experiences.
He's handsome lol
I am a forager & Matt sure taught me something new today! (I don't have a "fancy" French press..but, yeh, now he's got me kinda wanting one of those too!) Haha
Isn't it amazing that God leaves green certain things through the winter & we find out it's one of the very things most useful to help us thrive through it? Crazy blessings! 😄 here, there, & everywhere. Sometimes I feel like God's just laughin' at us saying, "I put it RIGHT THERE in front of your face...dang" Lols! Thank you & Matt or this wonderful new (to me) info. 💛
Thanks Tipper and Matt. One of my great grandmas, Granny Dockery, thaught me about pine needle tea before I started school. She cautioned me to be sure it had five needle clusters. So I not only learned about the tea but it helped me practice counting. Much Love ❤
That is such a sweet memory 💛
A child could also learn multiplication facts by counting pine needles for a group. Tell the child to put clusters of five of the largest solid green pine needles into groups on the camping table or the kitchen table. Then the adult can heat the water and pour it into cups for everyone participating. 🌲
You can't beat mother nature.
interesting. As my ancestors are Aboriginal First Nations Indians, they are big on such teas and have many trees and plants they use, most are used for healing qualities - both in teas as well as cooking and even ointments. Thank you Matt for sharing your Tea, and Tipper for videoing it for us.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
What a comfort to know that Mother Nature has a built-in medicine cabinet, just out yonder. Thank you, Matt and Tipper.
More people should learn about wildcrafting. This is how our ancestors survived and made medicine!
I am an old LADY but never EVER heard of THIS! Wow! How interesting!! To me pine needles mean pine oil for cleaning or spraying to kill odors but never EVER to consume! But it's supposed to be good for you and everything but wow! I'm just shook! Thanks for sharing!! BLESSINGS to you and yours, guys!! 🎇🏘️🌺😀🤗🤗☕☕🏺🏺
Around here, pine only grows in the mountains. But our trees get used. The bark off an old cottonwood makes a nasty tea that’s good for diarrhea. And willow bark makes a nasty pain killing tea. Wild lettuce gets used for pain too.
I don't like tea hot or cold, but I would try that. Thanks Matt for telling and showing us about it.
God Bless y'all
Our pleasure!
Im not a hot tea drinker either but this doesnt have much of a taste. Like Matt I usually add a little honey to mine.
White pine needles seem to be the best, according to what I've seen.
I love tea, hot or cold. I knew you could make tea from pine needles but have not tried it. Nice coffee press Matt has. TYFS
Tipper had a real grimace on her face, lol. She really doesn't like hot tea. I'm like Matt and the girls, I can drink it anytime.
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Oh yeah! I was cracking up the look you shot at the camera just moments before because you knew you were about to taste barn stall! Hilarious! I'm like matt and your girls, so I'm going to give white pine needle tea a go!
My husband makes tea for us when it gets cold. He does it out of love! ❤. You have a wonderful husband!
God bless you and yours.
Spruce tea is also delicious!
When I first moved to BC Canada I asked for ice tea and was told they don't have that. I said okay bring me a cup of ice and the hot tea and made my own ice tea. But then I was asked if I was Australian in BC Canada...nope just an okie woman....guess they never really listen to how an Australian talk because I sound like I'm from the mountains of Arkansas. LOL
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Matt. I believe those can be obtained at some places in Massachusetts called Bass Pro Shops, Cabellas and LL Bean as these all have hunting supplies😊
Thank you 😀
It's hard to get cinnamon to dissolve in water - saw a recommendation to stir the cinnamon and honey together, then add it to your tea - I tried it and it works well that way 🙂
Great tip 😀
I crunch up cinnamon bark and steep it in a filter basket. That, with tea leaves and sourwood honey, is my blood pressure medicine.
"Taste like a barn stall" !!
That's FUNNY !! I'm going to have to save that one.
You can also drink ginger root tea..put honey and lemon good for congestion and colds
My Swedish ancestors drank pine needle tea. They drank it out of little hand carved wooden cups
It’s fun watching Matt pull out all these cool gadgets! He has something for every occasion. I have two sons that like things like Matt does so I need to share these videos with them!
I enjoy both Colorado blue spruce and Norwegian spruce teas since those trees are abundant on my property. All spruce needles are non-poisonous and are packed with vitamin A and C. Although older spruce needles (leaves) tend to be slightly bitter or tannic tasting, younger sprouts during the spring are not. I always rinse my needles first and then clean them and then prepare them as Matt has. Great tasting teas especially in the spring!
Thanks for showing and sharing Matt.
Oh wow. Thank you. Many doctors have said that this tea is a great CV19 remedy.
I've heard lots of good things about this pineneedle tea..
I like hot tea 🍵 I may try this . That looked like a white pine tree.
I really admire those that can live off of the land. I truly believe that is the better way to be.
I’ve never made the tea but I have been the beneficiary of a big pine many times. In a too hot elk or mule deer hunt day there’s nothing better than the shady coolness of the thick lower branches (and once in a while you kick up a buck doing the same). And on a powdery snow day of 4-6 new inches there’s nothing like the shelter of that same 60’ pine, shielding from the wind behind a 2 foot diameter trunk. I used to think I’d want to come back as a spike or bull elk, maybe even an elusive Canadian goose, but lately I’ve thought that I’d rather return as a Ponderosa Pine that provides shelter and sustenance for so many species, including our own gangly nature seeker selves.
Since a useful mnemonic for avoiding poison ivy is "Leaves of three, let it be", it would be helpful for a would-be brewer of pine needle tea to remember "Clusters of five, stay alive".
Had tried it about 30 years ago good stuff thanks for sharing keep the cameras rolling from Florida
We have white pine on the mountain. I’m going to make this a part of my health routine. Thank you, this is good to know! 🙂
You can vacuum seal them and freeze them. I put mine in a baby crock pot for a couple hours. Then cool and store in fridge. Add some to whatever tea your drinking. So awesome.
Smart.
Great tip 😀
They are called ever green, can’t fix …
I feel like Matt, I don't care what it taste like either, No medicine tastes good.
Thank you for posting. I would also love to learn more about all the ways you use flowers, such as dandelion. I've been using flower essences since 2007 and have experienced so much healing from childhood trauma. Hops are flowers, so I sometimes drink zero alcohol beer or hop water.
Go on & start looking into dandelions now because season getting ready to come around. YOUNG dandelion greens are the best! Idk where you live in the country but we make a spring tonic (it's a salad really) of young dandelion, spring onion, wood violet, & young honeysuckle leaves. Packed with vitamins & liver cleaners. But, a "salad" don't really mean a tossed fresh thing. The older women in my family used to blanch the greens & hot salty water. (probably because all manner of critters & livestock were doing their business in the places we were sent to gather these greens. Haha!) I'm older now & will absolutely toss those young greens into a raw salad but, when I was a kid they were always served hot blanched. My Gran called it Spring Tonic or Spring Liver tonic & would bathe the hot green mix in apple vinegar. I hope you get you some nice young dandelion greens this Spring! 💚
@@boudicca272Thank you so much for the information. 💜
@@gatewaytothecrossedover-ta9489 Right on, Sweetheart. Thank god Spring is comin'! And, honey....NOT SOON ENOUGH for my blood! Haha! I hate the cold & it's depressing ah. 🌞 I'm ready for sunshine & some foraging fun. 💚
@@boudicca272 I am so ready, myself. Over here in the Portland area, the dampness is bone chilling in the winter.
@@gatewaytothecrossedover-ta9489 oh I can imagine..dreary, damp, & cold. Depressballs. But, yall got some good foraging over there that we ain't got down here in the South! I was looking at my forage books the other day & some of the most interesting things were ONLY in the Pacific Northwest! I whined! Idk about you, & I'm not in the least presuming anything..I get Seasonal Affective disorder. I heard you say you love the use of flora in your healing, so I'mma just say that I've been using St.John's wort for years to help me muscle through the depressing parts winter. I start in around October because it takes some weeks to get working. But, it works. It's a flower & I heard you say you're trying to get better from something & would prefer herbal solutions. I can appreciate. Totally appreciate your perspective, Lil sis, sure do. I forage but I buy the St John's wort from the Walmart year round...Haha! ☺️
I have that same stove going on about 3 years. It works great. I forgot about pine needle tea. Will have to try that next me and the wife do a hike.
What a great idea, a nice steaming cup of pine needle tea, what with below zero temperatures here in Chicago!
Loved the whole process AND the concept to begin with. Count me in with Matt, the girls, and Miss Cindy. I could drink almost any kind of hot tea EVERY day. You are so lucky to have it so handy. I live in Western Oregon where we have lots of different evergreens, but they are firs and cedars and hemlocks. Now, Eastern Oregon has the wide variety of beautiful pine trees. They make a lovely sound when the wind is blowing. It sounds like nothing else on earth.
This what I do in the woods is make Pine Tea !!! Live off the land it is what we are to do in life !!! When making apple sauce and you have a core of a apple ,,, roll it in cinnamon let it dry and then when you want some tea !!! Put one of the cores of apple in hot water let it be for a bit and it is great to smell and sip on it !!! Tipper you might like it !!!
I've never heard of pine needle tea before this video., but it's definitely on my "must try" list now-thank you Matt and Tipper!
I too have a lot of pine trees, gonna give it a try. I do make dandelion tea with a spot of honey.
Matt keeps a good sharp knife. Good on him! 👍
Very interesting. I had no idea you could make tea with the needles. Thank you
I didn’t know this about pine needles. That is really interesting.Thank y’all for sharing this. Hugs from the southeast coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎
I'll have to try that we've drank sassafras tea ☕ by boiling the roots from small sassafras tree's, like y'all we've got plenty of pine trees I'm gonna give that a try. Thanks for sharing
A barn stall.😆 good one Tipper. Have try a lot of herb teas over the years and rosehip is still my favourite, 33 times more vitamin C then oranges.
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This was great to learn about. I have myself a backyard full of pine trees, so when the weather warms up, I'll pull some needles and I'll let you know how it turned out. Thanks!
Hope you enjoy 😀
Thank you so much 👍
Tipper, I'm like you. I don't like hot tea of any kind. I do live the smell of pines. I grew up in East Texas and we had tons of pine trees! I really enjoyed learning about pine needle tea. Thank you both!
You should try to make the pine needle “soda”! It has yeast on it and will carbonate naturally, so you can enjoy it cold :)
That sounds good, bet it's like birch beer.
I need to try it 😀
was just going to suggest this.
I like iced tea but hot tea is not my cup of tea lol. I’d be interested in trying pine needle tea. I’ll be on the lookout for a white pine tree.
Oh, this is good to know
Thank you
Thank you for watching 😀
Wow! We learn something new everyday!!😁🌲🌲🌲
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Yes! Pine Needle tea is SUPER good for u! 👍💯❤️
Thank you, Matt and Tipper. I just think this is wonderful and I’m going to get my 2 sons one of those little “stoves”. Y’all are awesome. ♥️🙏
If you have a Bass Pro Shop, Cabellas, or an L L Bean near you they most likely will have those stoves
Thank you 😀
As much as I admire Matt’s knowledge, I do not think pine needle tea is for me lol 😂. I have the vision of pine tar taste overwhelming lol 😂. The knowledge is greatly appreciated!
Lord I been doing that for 30 years except I put it a pot boil and breath the steam as much as I can .iv told people how good that is for you when your sick most think your crazy
I have known about pine tea and was told to use the new growth ,also the buds are good for jelly and used as a vegetable in the spring, I've never collected pine for tea but as a young girl I dug roots from the sassafras tree, scrub them slice them and boil them for tea .
I've never heard of this. It's worth trying, it really is neat to learn something new that is free and apart of nature
Thanks for sharing and Gods blessing for you all
Learned something new today from Matt!! Pine needle tea! Never heard of it! Interesting. Thanks Matt & Tipper! God bless and love to all! 💕🤗🙏🏻
Suramin! I tell you, God is putting your family in my path. Thank you for this video.
You good folks are a reminder of why I love the south. Thanks for the video. I'd never heard of this tea.
Thanks so much, that is great to know!! Always enjoy watching your videos!
Thank you 😀
I will try this. I have a huge white pine in my yard. I sometimes take a pine needle and chew on it. Pleasant taste.
I'm not surprised you can make tea from pine needles; Mother Gaia provides us with tons of natural foods and natural medicines. Like Tipper, I'm not much on hot teas, but I think if you put enough honey on anything, it becomes right yummy at some point.
I've never heard of this, thank you Tipper and Matt.
My Daddy made this all the time. When there was new growth at the tips he made sure to harvest those as there was even more goodness in them. We didn't always have honey so daddy would use white caro syrup. I don't ever remember having lemon but seems like he used some sort of sorrel...maybe....It's been a lot of decades! LOL
🤣Tipper, "It tastes like a barn stall."
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I am the same way with Scotch....I told someone one time that Scotch tasted like "ear wax"...they were curious how I knew that! LOL
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I drink pine needle tea for my immune system. So fun to see your post!
I've known about pine needle tea for a long time. Haven't tried it! Thanks Matt!
Thanks for sharing!
My much needed humor tonight Tipper “it tastes like a barn stall”. I’ll never know the taste of a barn stall as I don’t have any pine trees around me. Tell Matt thanks for sharing. You two are awesome. ❤️🤗
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barn stall…sounds good, i’m sold!
Enjoyed...!! The woodsman keeps coming out in Matt....
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How interesting...I have never heard of Pine Needle Tea. We have plenty of pines so I will give this a try. We are in our 70's so any vitamins surely wont hurt us. ❤🙏
if you don't like hot teas, maybe give pine needle soda a try - it gets carbonated from fermentation from the natural yeast on the needles. emmy made just did a video on it this week
Thank you I will check that out 😀
Thank you dear ones. :))
I watch you all from Australia, I just love hearing all about life in the Appalachians... the girls' music,it's just beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing art of your lives.:)
Thank you so much 😀
Good thing is you can let it cool off with a plate on top so the oils stay in. And drink it cold.
Thanks for the tips Matt and tipper! Get out of the rain!!! Please.
I will try it some day. I like hot teas sometimes but coffee is still the best!🥰🙏
Great job Matt, like seeing you passing on your outdoor skills. Keep it up.
Exactly, one drinks it for the health of it! Cheers~
Note to Matt: There are lots of ways to get your vitamins than drinking something that tastes like a barn stool or whatever it was Tipper said 😅 I'm with you Tipper, I bet it tastes nasty!
When I was carrying my first baby, who is 45 now. I was so sick I couldn't eat or drink a thing. I slept for one week I was going to die if they couldn't get something down me. Dr Hurd called my momma and daddy and told them that he was going to put me in the hospital and daddy said that if they put me in the hospital I would just die, I'll come get her. When we got home daddy laid me on the couch, momma went down the basement and fried a deer burger for me and daddy made me some tea. I'm telling you the truth that tea tasted like mana from heaven, and I ate my deer burger too! I felt bad because Dr Hurd had brought everything he could thing trying to get me to eat, but he was a renown surgeon on the board of governors of the American college of surgeons. There are 7 in the US. But he didn't know how to help a girl from Appalachia. I went back to my husband's home and did good. But when no one was home I would sneak out into the woods and get me some pine needles to chew on. My husband and his dad (Dr Hurd) would have lost their minds if they knew!
Most interesting. I did enjoy it.
Thank you Buz 😀
Very Cool Matt- I love tea..thank you for sharing!🤩
I’m sure someone has already commented but you can add ice to it for a cooler drink. I’ve done that with other hot teas.
I think pine has a lot of benefits. Daddy worked in the mill. And any time he would get hurt, cut or what not. They had what they called Red oil. You can now ask the pharmaist for it. They have it behind the counter. It has pine oil in it. You can put it on an ingrown toenail or paper cut. The soreness will be completely gone. You could put it on a burn too and it take the soreness out.
I do like hot tea, but I am a coffee-nut, and (hides face in shame) Coca-cola nut. The healthiest thing I drink is water! I DO WISH I were like y'all this way, drinking the kefir water, pine needle tea. I know I'd think it was 'barn stall' 🤣 💓. But Matt talking about those vitamins...I might drink it just for that, as I know that's good and important. This was fun. Love all your videos. 🙌🏼 💓
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Great information thank y'all so much for sharing this with us y'all are truly a blessing🙏💯⚘💜
When I have a bad cold, inhaling the steam from the boiling water and the pine needles makes me feel 100% better. Drinking the tea helps even more. And don't be silly, Miss Tipper, it don't taste like a barn stall, lol.
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That sounds like a very good idea. God Bless. Jean
Thank you for sharing, now i want to try this. If you are back packing you could take the honey straws with you easy to pack and carry.
Great tip!
I've never made pine needle tea, but I make pine needle olive oil and vinegar. I gather the needles, clean them up and rinse them off. Then I put them in sterilized jars and cover them with olive oil or vinegar. Put the lid on and let them sit in a cool, dark place for about a month and a half, then strain. The flavor is reminiscent of pine nuts. But I'm going to make the tea. I just never thought of it. Actually, Scandinavian cooking uses pine needles, and the tree bark, too.
Great tip!
I've never heard of that tea before. I'm a lot like Tipper....I'm not big on hot teas but if I "doctor" them up a bit with some milk, sugar, etc. I can drink them. Our pine trees are too tall to harvest the needles (they are taller than telephone poles). If Matt was here at my house, he could shimmy up them & pick them for me. 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the education, Matt. Hugs!