Spruce Tip Tea

5 from 2 votes

A delicious herbal tea made with an unexpected ingredient that you can forage yourself: spruce tree tips.

Cook Time10

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Nordic

Servings:

Calories: 5kcal

Boil the water while you place the spruce tips and optional additives in the teapot. If your teapot has an infuser, put the tips in there.
1/4 cup spruce tips
Pour the hot water into the teapot and let steep for around 10 minutes.
water
Take out the infuser with the spruce tips or strain the tea through a tea strainer. Serve hot or over ice. Enjoy!
2 slices lime, 1 tbsp honey

As discussed in the post, any type of conifer except yew is edible. The flavor varies a good bit, though, so just try some different ones.
Other good add-ins for this tea include mint, a cinnamon stick, and homemade spruce syrup.
Please don't consume spruce tip tea if you're pregnant. Like some other plants that can otherwise be consumed safely, it can work as an abortifacient and induce miscarriage.

**Note: The nutritional analysis does not include the optional honey or lime.

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