Week 5 Challenge: Wild Tea

Erin's Snowy Appalachian Forests Wild Tea

Photos: wild tea components, infusion, and final pour. (13 February 2021)

Ingredients:

- Freshly fallen snow

- Red pine needles

- Fresh sage leaves

- Rosehips

- Dried rose buds

- Dried Lavender

- Fresh rosemary

Gather all your ingredients from your wintery woods and gardens while taking a long walk in the crisps snow. Gather a generous handful of the above ingredients, in addition to a few cups of freshly fallen snow. Bring everything to your tea place, place the snow in a vessel to melt into boiling water, trim and rinse your wildcrafted tea components, then place everything in a teapot and add the boiling water. Allow to steep for 10 to 15 minutes, then enjoy while taking in a beautiful midwinter sunset.