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tea

Rose hip tea

After frost, from the fencerow you already hate. Vitamin C and a tart evening cup.

Strain the hairs. Do not plant more multiflora to get more hips.

Time
20 minutes
Yield
1 pot

Method

  1. 1.Gather hips after a freeze. Trim ends. Dry or use fresh.
  2. 2.Crush 1 Tbsp per cup. Simmer 10 minutes. Pour through cloth — the inner hairs are an itch you do not want to drink.
  3. 3.Honey. A mint leaf if you have it.
Dose
A cup or two a day in winter.
Store
Dried whole hips, a year, dark and dry.

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