Digestive Support Iced Tea with Pineapple Weed & Dandelion Root
This is a delicious soothing beverage perfect for summer months. It contains amazing wild ingredients such as Dandelion Root & Pineapple weed. Dandelion Root is a natural diuretic that can help to reduce bloating. Pineapple Weed, a wild plant that’s from the same family as chamomile, is known for its calming effects on the stomach and its ability to ease digestive discomfort. Ginger is said to help relieve nausea and mint is renowned for its ability to relax the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract, which can help to ease symptoms of indigestion. We’ve had so much fun learning more about foragable ingredients in our local area and harvested the fennel fronds and mint from this recipe from our farm which always feels amazing! Enjoy!
Takes 30 minutes
Serves 1
Ingredients
- 5-10 sprigs pineapple weed
- 5-10 sprigs of fennel fronds
- 5-10 mint leaves
- 1 thumb sized piece of ginger
- 1 thumb sized piece of turmeric
- 1 thumb sized piece of dandelion root
- ½ lemon
Instructions
- Forage your Ingredients:
- Gather your pineapple weed & dandelion root (you may need a shovel or trowel to pull the root up whole). When foraging dandelion root, look for large plants which will have a well-developed root.
- Cut your ingredients:
- Slice the lemon, Finely dice the ginger, turmeric & dandelion root.
- Roughly chop or tear your pineapple weed, mint leaves & fennel fronds (you can also just brew them whole)
- Brew:
- Add all ingredients to a tea pot and brew with approx 1 L of boiling water
- Leave to brew for 5 mins
- Serve: Once cooled serve over ice for a delicious digestion-easing beverage