Pine Needle Tea - How to make it, History, Medicinal properties & Poisonous trees to avoid

[@JamieKunka]

00:00 - Opening 00:30 - Story of Jaques Cartier’s pine needle scurvy cure 02:20 - Pine Needle Tea intro 02:56 - Which conifer trees to use and how to identify them 04:00 - Scots Pine 05:44 - The Collie interlude 06:23 - Scots Pine Bark identification 06:39 - Scots Pine Needles 07:27 - Poisonous conifer trees to avoid 08:06 - Which needles for Vitamin C 08:41 - How to harvest needles 09:03 - Making Scots Pine needle tea 09:54 - Preserving Vitamin C 10:23 - How to collect pine inner cambium bark 11:30 - Is pine inner bark edible? 12:25 - Medicinal properties of pine needle tea 13:34 - How long to boil pine needle tea? 14:00 - What does pine needle tea taste like?

[@chrislee-saunders1368]

Great viewing. Thankyou this will be part of my home schooled boys lessons this week.

[@JamieKunka]

Very glad to be part of the lesson and hope they enjoy!

[@cacevedo07]

"let's take some branches here and there, so we won't have a big impact on the photosynthesis in one spot.." that's very thoughtful. Thanks for sharing it!

[@mattm8105]

Return of the foraging king, always enjoy your videos. Welcome back!

[@JamieKunka]

Thanks Matt!

[@RayDAider1]

So thankful to have an Eastern White Pine just outside my front door...I use just a little stevia to sweeten the tea.

[@lesleeclark7991]

Just LOVELY! Thanks for the enlightening regarding pines, the breathtaking scenery, and an overall delightful "escape" 👍

[@macmon3677]

Happy to see you upload again! Great video as usual!

[@JamieKunka]

Thanks Malcolm!

[@pergatron]

The sleeping giant hath awoken! Welcome back Jamie. Was wondering what you would post about next, pine needle tea wasn't in my top five guesses lol. Random thought - have you ever considered doing a video about the different amanita strains and the lore around them? That would be badass

[@JamieKunka]

That’s a great idea! Could fit in lots of history and lore as you say. As long as I don’t have to try amanita tea from each strain though🤣

[@SpecialgiftsLA]

Hi Jamie, This video is the first I have wholeheartedly connected with and enjoyed, I hope to beable to visit scotland in the next few years..Just my cup of tea😋😉, exploring and identifying trees and other things, and getting hands on while preparing a lovely warm drink that is healing. I will return and your Dog is very very sweet..he looked very curious about the tea. Take care.Lia

[@JamieKunka]

Very glad you enjoyed it!

[@clarkl4177]

Stunning scenery, interesting history, handsome, knowledgeable guide: what's NOT to like 👏

[@janblackwellart]

I’m so glad I found your channel, I nearly picked up some fallen branches yesterday to make tea but was a bit wary, shall try again today!

[@h2hcamey]

Great informative vid! Love conifer tea!

[@kotukuwhakapiko467]

The yew looks like matai here in nz

[@jimf671]

My worry on this front is similarity with lodgepole and identifying between the two.

[@gr8northernpike]

I would highly recommend a fuzzy cover for your microphone to cut the wind rumble. It would make your voice much easier to understand.

[@jul.escobar]

I just found your page a few weeks ago and was hoping you came back to post again. Was happy to see this post today, watching now. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@JamieKunka]

Thanks Jul! I’ll be posting a bit more regularly now!

[@Amy.freedomliving]

So much value from watching just two of your videos - this one and birch polypore. Heading out tomorrow and hopefully waking up without this winter head cold the day after!!

[@JamieKunka]

Did you manage to find a birch polypore and get rid of the nasty head cold? 😁

[@ebenburger111]

Hi bro. Can I ask you a favor? Would u mind sending me a few pine tree cuttings that incan plant over here in malaysia? 😀

[@therearemanysidestoastory]

Hello, I just put out my own video, on pine needle tea. I thought I had found a white pine tree but I think it may be an Aleppo pine. Can you have a look and see if I'm right. I would like to make sure before I use it for medicine.

[@kelvenguard]

As a kid in Alberta Canada I would make Wild Rose Buds and Spruce needle tea.... can make it all year round and the Rose Buds are full of V-C

[@JamieKunka]

That sounds lovely!

[@kelvenguard]

@@JamieKunka I always use the newest ends on the spruce tree branches... I'll try the older ends next time because of your video... And I'll try Pine Needle Tea also... Thanks

[@rosemaryjackson5637]

Just discovered you a weekish ago, love the videos! Great to see you upload something new :)

[@JamieKunka]

Thanks Rosemary! Hopefully be making them a bit more regularly this year!

[@Sam613306]

Initially thought we were going to get some wild swimming from you Jamie!! Another fascinating & informative little presentation from you!

[@JamieKunka]

Now there’s a great idea for the next video!

[@jkg321100]

My daughter just sent me your video and broke my heart - your sheltie is a twin to the one I loved and lost a few years ago! I tried to catch a screen shot, but video moves too fast :) Oh yes, love the pine needle tea too - as well as Scotland!

[@JamieKunka]

Very sorry to hear about your Sheltie they really are amazing creatures and companions. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Soapss]

This is sick man! Love it

[@JamieKunka]

Thanks!

[@gemma269]

Absolutely love your videos! So pleased to see you back!

[@JamieKunka]

Thanks Gemma 😁

[@AIstoic001]

Each video i try to figure out which jacket you're wearing, looks perfect for a bit of bushcrafting!

[@JamieKunka]

They are a mixture of vintage Norrona and Haglofs jackets!

[@bushcraftbasics2036]

Nice video

[@standardannonymousguy]

Hi Jaime, I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this information. Very thorough with the preparation info. Honestly it sounds like it tastes pretty good. Cheers!

[@JamieKunka]

Thanks Lucas hope you enjoy the tea!

[@konko3805]

i love your videos so much! they make me really excited to go romping in the woods. ive never really foraged before but this is inspiring me! ill be sure to identify my flora carefully thanks to you

[@JamieKunka]

Yes it’s so fun once you start to recognise stuff and think about all the cool things you can do and make with the flora! It totally changes how you look at things.

[@ThePhoenixlad]

Brilliant, thank for sharing this. May I ask, does pine needle tea contain Vitamin K? If so, how much? Thanks in advance 👍

[@JamieKunka]

I think yes but I can’t find the concentration anywhere in the literature sadly.

[@anthonylatham8584]

I'm definitely going to do a tea for sure , can I ask what wood did you use for the tap in the birch wood sap many thanks and kind regards tony

[@JamieKunka]

It was tulip wood (poplar) but i might make my next one from birch!

[@anthonylatham8584]

@@JamieKunka that would make a cool video. If you make it next to the tree from the tree but it will have to be soon .good luck I look forward to seeing how you do it

[@kathym2563]

Jamie Kunka, I hear many people talking about vit C being very high in this type of tea but doesn't heating the Eastern Pine Needles to make tea destroy the vits c??? If so how can one use this needle to get the vit c benefits?

[@JamieKunka]

Very good point! From what I was able to research it seems that the concoction should be steeped at a lower temperature to maintain more vitamin c. Maybe more like a tea bag than a boil. It also appears from a scientific paper that the addition of the inner bark into the concoction really slowed down the rate that the vitamin c oxidised. I think that basically older longer needles and a slow steady ‘Steep’ below boiling point would be the best best bet. Hope this helps!

[@kathym2563]

@@JamieKunka Thanks.

[@jakehenderson4425]

That's what I thought as well. Pine needles in essential oil form also contain other properties that get rid of other (for lack of a general purpose term) things that tax the immune system. For example, they allow it to work correctly such as the regulation of breast cancer receptor pathways (AMPK/mTOR pathways) which downstream causes proliferated apoptosis to BC MCF-7 cells (cancer). It could literally be regulating your bodies ability to stem the production of cancer. Very interesting.

[@shelleypilcher3812]

The one thing I needed to see was up close to identify the pine tree. Crucial part missed.

[@nengaqis5402]

Hai I'm from Indonesia I'm interest to you

[@esmecamley7632]

would it be possible to get the flavor and the benefits by just steeping the needles in hot water in a tea strainer? I like to go out looking for mushrooms but don't like to take a lot of gear with me so thought it could be possible to bring a flask of boiling water, a cup and a tea strainer to have tea in the woods. thoughts?

[@JamieKunka]

Hi Esme! I quite often do this method as well. I think the key to getting flavour and medicinal benefits this way would be to chop the needles up quite fine to increase the surface area of the needle coated to the hot water! Probably would only need 5-10 minutes of steeping time to get a tasty brew!

[@mostthoughtprovoking]

It is common knowledge that vitamin C is not retained to the levels you could if you steeped the elements instead of boiling them.

[@Weth_C]

You can tell it’s a spruce because of the way that it is.

[@timfoinc.6879]

You dressed up very well but your guardian sit frequently to avoid winds swift disarray ,disturbing and pulling her furs. They are for sheep herd on green prairie!!

[@sonnysonny1446]

Oh no, we got some of those poisonous pine trees in California 💀

[@robertwood7034]

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