Mulberry Leaf Tea! My favorite recipe

[@teperikaetr]

I have a black everbearring mulberry tree. Bought it when it was 4 ft. Barefoot, planted in the ground ( that was 6 years ago) now my tree is big , I trim it heavily every year. I have being making tea wth the leaves, hot on winter ( dry the leaves for winter use) and in summer time I make cold drink with it. I make the tea add some ice cubes, some fresh mint leaves ( my favorite is apple mint or nepetilla, both have the same flavor) and add a tablespoon of my homemade mulberry jam. Mmmm delicious.

[@florawillis1384]

Thanks,sounds delicious. Do mulberry stems bother you?

[@VikingPreparedness]

You made that drink like a professional cocktail. Well done!

[@ateshevlogs8798]

Calming mulberry tea 🍵 natural tea I always drinking Watching here from Philippines 🇵🇭 See you around

[@charlessutton5400]

Viking preparedness introduced me to your KZbin. Subscribed, I did. Thanks for the mulberry tea vid.

[@JPaulPhD]

Love this I drink mulberry tea during summer as well like this. I have a mulberry tree and it is the best thing ever.

[@florawillis1384]

Thank you much, I did not know you could use the Mulberry leaves to make tea. I will dry some leaves for the winter.

[@triciagauslin7490]

Thank you for the video! I just learned that I have white mulberry trees in my yard and am excited to try this tea!

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Morbus Alba is the best for medicine as well! I don't have white mulberry here but I know where a tree grows that I can get berries and cuttings from. I may try to start my own here from that tree.

[@marioluigi3932]

I love mulberries leaves I dry them up put them in a blender with crystallized sugar and turn them into powder

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

That is something I want to try this year as well. I'd love to be able to have some over winter months.

[@JC-bt2tb]

What do you do with the powder?

[@moneyst59]

@@JC-bt2tb Make a drink

[@ajaymanoj3527]

I always wanted to make a mulberry tea thanks man .👍

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

It's definitely a summertime favorite of mine. Thanks for watching!

[@JudithEllis-yj2cq]

I have a mulberry tree andcusecthe fruit all the time. Now I know I can use the leaves as well. Thank you for the informative video. Alabama, USA

[@tryingndoing]

Just saw this video shared by Viking Preparedness. Loved it. Thank you.

[@missarisuryani]

Thanks for the video. We have mulberry trees. But never try mulberry tea. We usually cook mulberry leaves with garlic and egg.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

That is something I'd be very interested to try! Kind of like a mulberry quiche? I'd love to try that!

[@lilawiese2460]

Recipe?

[@WhisperingFae]

Hi there, how do you cook them? is it stir fried? does it taste good?

[@haslinjas1075]

hi ... the stir fry leaves bitter or not

[@artrahman169]

​@@haslinjas1075the raw leaves are sweet if you chew them so...

[@philwestin4017]

that poor knife. thanks, wonderful vid.

[@ds654]

Yum! Thanks for sharing the knowlege!

[@dkleath8697]

PJ Fox sent me > just subscribed, TY for your sharing your knowledge!

[@rebeccapitschmann5427]

Thank you for making this video

[@Mr_Chode]

This made me really thirsty lol. Great video

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

It's really good stuff! I almost can't wait until next summer to start drinking it again.

[@charmgilmore9517]

Nice video. I will make one today. Thanks for uploading. I have may own mulberry tree on our front yard..

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Thank you for your view and comment. Mulberry is one of my all -time summer favorites. I should have already started putting up leaves for the winter. I haven't done that yet but now while I'm on vacation is a great time to start drying some for winter tea.

[@pamelabrown3923]

Thanks for sharing. I will try.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

I hope you like it! Still one of my summertime favorites.

[@ChrisTine-mf7cq]

Super informative, thanks for the video. I look forward to trying it out.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

I'm getting ready to make another batch as soon as I get back to the cabin. I have been away and not spent much time there as of late. Thank you for watching!

[@deborahmann9437]

The cardinal singing its aproval maybe? Btw I have 9 white mulberry trees that have sprouted in my yard. Should I dig most of them and sell them or maybe share with neighbors?They are young ,about 3-4 ft high

[@constancejackson6309]

Great video, thank you

[@FruitTreeAddict]

Wow great video! You sure know what you’re doing. You are definitely an outdoorsman 😊

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

I just grew up drinking mulberry leaf tea and still lived to grow up! Mulberrys should be great this year with all the rain and mulberry leaf is on the menu this year as an edible as well. Thanks for watching and for your comment!

[@FruitTreeAddict]

Wayne Rogers Outdoors I have about 30 varieties and I am just learning the leaves are good for you. I am going to start drying some leaves and also using them fresh.

[@jinshark9078]

I saw your youtube videos but the comment section is off.

[@streettuff2623]

I'll give it a try

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

The trees here are about ready for the new season and mulberries will do good this year with all the rain. It's about tea time here as well!

[@streettuff2623]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors not sure about ours yet, we got a hard freeze after they leaved, burnt every leaf off. Hopefully they'll produce berrys seen before where they didn't after a late freeze. Indiana

[@dremaclover9775]

This is the third year for my mulberry tree, according to what I have read it should start producing berries this year, curious what month should I start seeing the fruit, I live in Atlanta, Ga. Thanks for the video, I have been buying dried mulberry leaves for years for tea making but because of the price I bought a tree. Didn’t know you could eat the leaves also. Very helpful video, thanks again.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Most mulberry trees start putting on green fruit in late May but down that far south it may happen sooner so who knows? You may have your first green fruits as early as just a few weeks from now! I know I'm looking forward to the season here. I know where a white mulberry tree is and I'd love to get some fruit from it and start my own.

[@lilawiese2460]

I'm in Cleveland Georgia and we have had three mulberry trees for longer than that, and we've still never gotten a berry. They start to set berries, and then they drop to the ground. I don't know if it's the soil or the late freezes or what.

[@dremaclover9775]

@@lilawiese2460 Thanks for your input. Same here, no fruit this year. May try fertilizing. I see banana plants here but have never seen them flower & fruit. When living in Florida I was told you have to really pour the fertilizer to them in order to get bananas before the cooler weather begins. Maybe same here???

[@lilawiese2460]

@@dremaclover9775 yes, I'm considering taking a soil sample to our local county extension office to see what might be missing.

[@MoniMeka]

I'm in North Texas in the DFW area. Mulberry trees grow wild here. Well, all over Texas. They are full of ripe fruit right now! It's late April here btw.

[@keveb1]

How does this tea help with your inflammation the berry's make me feel amazing 😊

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

The tea and the berries are great for me as well. I have moved but luckily where I live now still has a lot of mulberry so I don't have to go without and I can enjoy it all summer long.

[@chantellesharray]

How do you remove the bugs from the mulberries? I washed them and seen so many tiny bugs.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

I don’t. Never have. They are fruit fly larva. I just eat them.

[@chantellesharray]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors gotcha. Good to know. I commend you, but I’m going to wash them a few times and give them a another try. Thank you.

[@christinechin4525]

I made tea and enjoyed it's benefits. At first, I made it hot and taste good but won't last until next day. Your video give me additional info.that helps the tea great for the next day or so.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Thank you for your comment! There are still some young leaves worth saving that I have seen on the trees due to recent rain and a short growth spurt. Now is definitely a good time to harvest some for drying for winter tea. I have procrastinated and should have had some saved before now.

[@melisestall5090]

Nice video! My neighbor has a mulberry tree and it’s often annoying since it drops berries but now I’ll have a use for them! Thanks

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Too bad your neighbor doesn't have the fruitless variety. No berries to deal with!

[@moneyst59]

You can eat the ripe berries. Pick before it drops off... dark red is sweet. If not it's sour.

[@expatprepper8804]

thank you for making the video you seem like a very good guy but please please don't pour hot water hot tea in a plastic container Drinking Warm Water From Plastic Bottles or plastic containers May Raise Cancer Risk. New research suggests that people should avoid drinking water from plastic bottles if they have been sitting in a warm environment

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Yes, it's something I rarely do. Normally I only use glass or metal.

[@patriciadavis7444]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@WhisperingFae]

my questions would be, is it delicious? does it taste like grass? Does it taste like vegetable water?

[@ClissaT]

Just be careful because there is another tree that is called mulberry that is not in the same genus. I don't know much about it but some countries have a tree that is different. Also, those that are what westerners know as mulberries can either be green all year, or go through a winter phase of being leafless. But still the same tree. So whatever your usual thing is for most trees in your area, mulberries will do that too! They are very forgiving or conversely very adaptable. They should fruit from the first year if given enough nutrition. By year 3 they are ready for a 100percent prune off almost to the ground and start again. Plant new ones every year for a continuous stream of large fruit.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

There are three types of Mulberry. Black, white, and red. All are safe for human consumption when the fruits are ripe and all are toxic if the fruits are unripe and can cause severe stomach upset and even hallucinations if large amounts are ingested. Also the leaves are mildly toxic on all three if you have a latex sensitivity but completely safe for everyone else if you don't. Add to that, mulberry has no poisonous look-alikes so a mulberry can't be mistaken for anything else and nothing else can be mistaken for a mulberry. The danger with mulberry leaf comes from the possibility that they can cause hypoglycemia because the tea naturally lowers blood sugar, making it great for type 2 diabetics like myself, and mulberry leaf is very high in potassium which can be detrimental to anyone with kidney problems because their kidneys will not be able to process and filter the excess potassium out of the body. There is no " poisonous " mulberry tree anywhere on Earth. Unless you have kidney disease, diabetes or a latex allergy you will have no problems with mulberry leaf tea. There are many cultivars and even hybrids of the three types but all are safe and used exactly the same way.

[@ClissaT]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors Hi Wayne, yes I agree with you on all of that. However the tree I am referring to does not even look like what we would usually refer to as mulberry. I just came across it again recently and one other time many years ago. I wondered if the author had got the name wrong or the person who did the transcript. In anycase it is wise to be sure you do indeed have a mulberry tree before you begin consuming parts of it. Mine are just starting to come into leaf again now. I am in sthn Qld Australia so it is winter here and the leaf buds are just breaking open now. In two weeks or so they will be in full leaf again. I just pruned them hard, down by more than half. I will have all new trees this year.

[@MoniMeka]

Are you talking about the Paper Mulberry? Yeah, it's not a true Mulberry. It's fruit is much different looking, but it's edible. I don't know about the leaves because they are really fuzzy! 😁

[@florawillis1384]

I have a black mulberry tree and about sixty ft. from it is a white mulberry tree. The white mulberry tree is younger and berries are very sticky because so sweet. Sweet as honey. I am very blessed to have both kinds. I did not know about the white mulberry, so googled and brought up some videos. I read that white mulberry trees are banned in california as they are invasive. I think this is terrible because it seems The Controlling powers do not want people to eat things that are natural and good for them anymore.

[@TheLastDose]

If they continue traces of latex why is it good to boil in tea? Just 🧐 curious

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Most people have no problem with latex. However, some are sensitive to it and it causes problems so for full disclosure reasons I like to point it out. Drying the leaves helps with that. The latex is part of the trees natural defense against caterpillars because it's full of sugar-mimicking alkaloids which discourage caterpillars from eating so much they kill the tree but is perfectly harmless to silkworms. It's also pretty harmless for people because we are talking only trace amounts.

[@ilenepetersen1849]

Does anyone know the best months to trim back a white mulberry tree? We live in South New Jersey by the bay and we trimmed our tree last year ( we think mid October) and now it's late June and we have so many white mulberries. I believe the berries come mid Spring ( March, April ( and last through to the early summer like June. ) Their last month we see the berries is probably June or so from what I'm learning. To be honest we did not realize it was a mulberry tree until today June 24, 2021. We always noticed the green buds on the tree and assumed they would be flowers. Then we noticed the fruit on the ground these last weeks and we said they look identical to black and red mulberries but they are just white in color. After doing some research and knowing what they are now I want to keep this process going of berries every year. I'm excited to use the leaves for tea and to also try to eat the leaves with maybe veggies inside. I saw a KZbin video of a woman saying she uses the leaf and stuffs veggies inside the leaf, rolls the leaf , and puts a tooth pick in it and bakes it for 5 - 7 minutes. I may try that too. Thought I'd share that with you. 🙂My 4 questions I'd like your opinion on are : 1. ) Should I pick a great amount of leaves now off the tree, ( near the last month of berries, if I'm even right about the berries ending around June) put them in storage bags to use for later? Refrigerate/freezer the leaf bags OR just sealing them and keep in a cupboard is all that is probably necessary, room temperature? 2.) Does storing/ saving the leaves for a couple of months change the flavor of the tea compared to fresh picked leaves made into tea? 3.) Best trimming months to get strong fruit production every year? Your opinion. Thanks. 4. Have you ever froze mulberries to use later? Do you refrigerate mulberries a couple of days? White mulberries are brand new to me so I apologize for all of these questions. I really enjoy your video. I subscribed to you. It makes me excited to use our mulberry tree for some healthy drinks and snacks. I just love it.

[@awazsulaiman6852]

The color will turn brown in the freezer if you don’t blanch them first for 1;5 minutes .

[@ClissaT]

prune after fruiting

[@brendahraschke1029]

I just got a lot of them yesterday I'm cooking it like veggies and also using it for eat it's great taste

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

I would love to try eating them like that but just had never considered it until recently. I would love to know how to prepare them.

[@brendahraschke1029]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors it's simple wash them, cut it and boil the water put some salt cook it until it's soft then put some tomatoes and onions and can use oil of your choice l like Oliver oil the it taste very good and smells very good you will enjoy it .

[@brendahraschke1029]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors you put also the spices ,chilis and after putting the tomatoes and ONS don't cook for long just a few minutes living them fresh

[@niteshagrawal3600]

does it taste better than green tea?

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

it tastes about the same as green tea, maybe a bit more flavor.

[@Pia1870.]

Thank you

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@mexmamichula]

Thank you!

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

You're welcome.

[@dot3style]

Thx for the video i will try the tea. Did you ever try it with dried leaves too or does this not work?

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

The dried leaves work absolutely fine. You can buy dried mulberry leaves for tea in a lot of places around the world. You can even order it online. For wintertime tea I harvest the leaves in the summer while they are still green and let them dry indoors out of the sun. Then I have mulberry tea leaves all winter long.

[@dot3style]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors Thank you for the quick reply. I am very pleased we have since new a mulberry and I did not know how versatile it can be enjoyed. Kind regards from Switzerland

[@overratedprogrammer]

You can even powder the dried leaves like matcha

[@CLifemusic]

Do you need to cut the stem off of the leaves?

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

I do but only just to the bottom of the leaf because that part is very woody. It won't hurt not to.

[@KPH218]

🔥

[@world_panorama]

can you do velding too?

[@perentee77]

Did the boiling process kill any health benefits from the tea?

[@TheRealToastman]

The way you dressed the drink makes me feel like I'm at a topical island.

[@behealed9773]

thank you for sharing :)

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

You're welcome and thank you for watching : )

[@SueLall1008]

I had no idea mulberry leaves had medicinal benefits.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Mainly for lowering cholesterol, blood sugar and inflammation making it great for diabetes and heart disease. Here is a partial list of medical/health benefits. Reducing the level of blood sugar Contributes to weight loss and management Suppressing hypertension Lowering cholesterol level in the body Strengthening organs in the body such as the liver and kidney Suppressing mutagenesis of carcinogens Strengthening bone mass Improving skin Improving the ability for digesting and assimilation Enriching the blood and, in the process, soothing the nerves Helpful in treating constipation Helpful in preventing liver cancer through regular use A great source of protein, vitamins A, C, and B family of vitamins, nutrients, minerals, and amino acids.

[@SueLall1008]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors, wow!! Thank you

[@thioandychandra8006]

@@SueLall1008 hallo Lall Im chinese living in indonesia....I gots lots of information from chinese literature that mullberry leave leafe has medicine benefit that old chinese people already use it since their ancient time...

[@thioandychandra8006]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors I ever know that all yr info is true...I know from chinese old litterature and these time many video from taiwan also has published abt mulbery medicine advantage

[@SueLall1008]

@@thioandychandra8006, thanks for sharing! 🙏🏽

[@dushanbe57]

👍

[@singlemomvlogs8163]

yahooo#connie

[@LadyGoza]

Can you do this with the Pakistan mulberry leaves?

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Absolutely! All Mulberries are edible and the leaves are safe.

[@blissfulacresoffgridhomest2098]

Plus you get HUGE Mulberries!

[@Pia1870.]

Can we eat leaf 🍃

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Yes, you certainly can if you wish to.

[@greenmachine5666]

Mulberry leaves are meant to be antipsychotic and are good for schizophrenia. This was in mouse studies though

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Very interesting! I had no idea.

[@arrhazes8198]

Didn't know rats also get schizophrenia 😂

[@pixiepaganmoon5897]

Curious, how do mice have schizophrenia? I never knew😊

[@overratedprogrammer]

Schizophrenic mice lmao

[@medaningsihtheresia5784]

My be the taste like mint But that fruit more sweet

[@zairedillahunt4525]

Aren’t mulberry leaves hallucinogenic?

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

The sap can be very mildly hallucinogenic that is contained in the unripe berries and the mature leaves according to many sources but you would have to eat the leaves and the berries directly from the tree as a raw vegetable and in quite a large quantity to suffer any effects. Boiling the leaves cooks the hallucinogenic effect out of the leaves. One should never consume the unripe fruit in any quantity but my cousins and I would eat less than perfectly ripe berries when we were children because they are more tart and break up the sweetness of the fully ripe ones. This, too, did us no harm as you would only throw in just a few of the unripe ( not green, just unripe ) to add a slightly tart flavor.

[@j2muw667]

I use some half ripe berries when I make jelly. They have a higher pectin level. No need for store bought pectin!

[@a.b.4727]

Way to care for your diabetes in a natural way! 🙌🏻 Wish my grandpa had understood that instead of chugging the aspartame…

[@legendoctane5732]

Om

[@MoniMeka]

Why you put it hot like that in the plastic pitcher??? 😱😱😱😱 plastic will be in your tea. 😞

[@chefjen68]

There have been noted deaths from consuming mulberry leaf FYI

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Which is why I warn against it for people with latex allergies or pregnant or nursing women. I assume you are referring to Lori McClintock who died from using white mulberry leaf. ONE person has died from mulberry leaf. Just one out of billions. If you google Mulberry leaf deaths Lori is the ONLY result on all of google. For perspective, hundreds of people a year worldwide die from choking on hot dogs. I don't see a warning label on hot dogs. I get where you are going but one death in billions doesn't make something safely used by millions suddenly toxic that should be avoided.

[@azgardener79]

Interesting. Do you have a source?

[@blueskies6475]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors go get 'em!!

[@allexxpage267]

Is it good for herpes?

[@josephcagalawan7295]

We have mulberry but there's no fruits

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

There is s great benefit to a fruitless mulberry because you do not have the mess of dealing with the fallen fruit on vehicles or driveways and staining the bottoms of shoes, etc. The leaves, though, can be used exactly the same on the fruitless variety. Personally I like the fruiting variety but wouldn't mind having a fruitless growing right in the corner of my back yard for shade without the mess because Mulberry grows so fast it's unreal.

[@josephcagalawan7295]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors but we leave in Philippines

[@josephcagalawan7295]

I mean it's not a tree

[@augustusperez3034]

You need to prune it every time the branches keeps growing.. Dont let the branches grow up so high. Many fruits will appear on the cut branches after a month or 2. You will enjoy it.

[@norhamizahshaiffuddin2856]

@@josephcagalawan7295 you should prune all the leaves. When the leaves grow again, they will grow with the fruits. I plant my mulberries in large pots, so my plant is quite big with loads of berries. I live in Malaysia so our weather is the same.

[@markislivingdeliberately]

Bro nobody ever got diabetic eating fruit. You’re fine. You need to cut out all the non natural foods if you’re type 2. Processed food is basically alcohol. Treat it as such.

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

1. I never said fruit causes diabetes. 2. Having diabetes DOES mean you have to watch your fruit intake because fruit does contain sugar. 3. I have been diabetic for 8 years and already know exactly how to eat. Therefore, I know more than most about processed food and the health risks. 4. This video has nothing to do with processed food.

[@faisalhussan-zy9rp]

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[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

sorry. I don't speek Urdu but thank you for watching from Pakistan!