Pine Needle Tea

[@bavlen]

Fine presentation. I read that during the Civil War that there were cases of troops layed out under the pine trees above them with scurvy. Had they only known to make tea out of the abundance of evergreen needles they could have been healed. I really liked the short video you made about using pine resin for bandaids and healing at the same time.

[@cassandralibertywest4310]

I LOVE Pine Needle tea! People think it's going to taste awful, but it doesn't! It has a light wonderful taste and a beautiful fragrance. I like to have it with Orange peel and raw honey.

[@TheraP2014]

I like mine with organic cinnamon yeah

[@dashtheautoman]

Both of those are good pairings. I like mortared pine needles and honey as a stuffing for meat. The grease breaks down the needles and makes them edible. You get ALL the medicinal benefits AND high bioavailability from the immersion in animal fat. Hell… pop a few vitamin D capsules in there too, just for good measure. Pure pleasure.

[@cassandralibertywest4310]

@@dashtheautoman 'Sounds good! I love pine needles-The smell, their various uses= The tea... All of it!

[@shannonannhandy]

but you don't boil it?

[@marymagdalene3004]

I cut the pine needles with scissors into about 1.5 inch pieces making one tablespoonful. Put that into 8 oz jar and poured boiling water over it. Let it steep for just under 15 minutes. Strained it and drank while still warm. Taste was very pleasant. Kind of a little woodsy and the water consistency was smooth - not thin like most herbal teas. I felt a little sleepy right after, but it went away rather quickly. We will see what comes of this new regime I'm about to take on: One to two cups per day. I'll share if anything worthwhile happens so we can all get better educated on the benefits of drinking pine needle tea from the White pine.

[@ryanalexander3088]

Updates please?

[@stephen3654]

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[@BlackKettleRanch]

A little agave nectar in the tea goes a long way, too, for those who aren't thrilled about the taste.

[@johnf7017]

Dan, your comment about meat being the number one staple of your diet was pretty awesome. You are a man of my own heart too! I was on vacation at a friends cabin in NE Pa when I was going on a day and half with no meat and when I found out quiche and blueberry pie was on the menu for Saturday night, had to make a run to the butcher store in town. Fattest bloodiest steak I could find rescued me!

[@abcxyz9643]

"If you can't get through that much water maybe you should pick another hobby." I laughed at that so hard, especially coming from such a meat enthusiast. Not that I disagree with that premise in a survival situation, but I also love learning about edible and medicinal plants since they offer so much. I like how you advocate for meat without discounting all the other food and resources.

[@dashtheautoman]

I lold hard at the same thing.

[@oldtimerlee8820]

Had to smile at this one. Brought back memories. Couple of years ago I taught mid-school kids at a colonial life demonstration event. Included teaching them about pine needle tea. It was fun to watch their eyes get big and round, as they'd never heard or considered that the plentiful pines in this area were good for more than Christmas trees. Yes, it is somewhat of an acquired taste. Just like a southerner learning to like Earl Grey hot tea. And, just like black tea, it can be tailored to taste. Adding honey or other natural/artificial sweeteners is an option. Thanks for sharing. I'm so glad you didn't boil those needles. Saw a YT fellow, one time, boil about 2-3 times as many needles for several minutes. Frankly, I don't know how he managed to drink the stuff and finish making his video on "pine needle tea". It must have tasted and smelled like pure turpentine!

[@FordBoy93]

Dan you have provided us with another fine video my dude!!! Sassafras Tea is my all time favorite tea!!!

[@astralsurfer1193]

I feel better and perked up after drinking this, thanks for the video!

[@samsoutdoorsurvival5611]

Great video. I love that you clarified the importance of taste verse need.

[@HikeByFaith]

I've carried packets of honey with me to add to the pine needle tea. Honey is good for you, plus it adds a sweet taste to the tea.

[@backwoods_barbarian4134]

Love your videos, probably some of the most informative bushcraft/outdoors videos on KZbin.

[@peterv1318]

Yes I agree with you

[@zackjohnston-watson4874]

You could substitute spruce for pine and add willow to treat fever. Willow has salicylic acid ( the key component to Aspirin).

[@josephgarrahan9945]

Is that willow bark? Leaves?

[@zackjohnston-watson4874]

@@josephgarrahan9945 Willow twigs work best as far as I know. Fresh should be better.

[@carolnewton8164]

When I gather my white pine needles for my tea, I just grasp the needles on one side of the branch tip and snip with scissors parallel to the branch. Needles are ready to use and i have left a little needle on the tree so it doesn't look so bare. Not sure if it helps the tree or not, but it makes me feel good to do it that way and I have less to do when I get the needles back to the kitchen. I boil up a quart of water and put it onto about 1/2-3/4 cup of chopped up needles and let it sit until it has cooled enough to drink. I have a cup right then and put the rest in a mason jar to store in the refrigerator. I like it cold too.

[@mscarolynnigro]

Use this to save yourself from the spike protien

[@electrominded8372]

I read the same thing. Luckily, there are lots of pine trees in the northern temperate climate.

[@billlindsay4010]

Is it rich with lysine or something?

[@outdoordauber]

w-h-i-t-e - Five letters and five needles. Easy to remember.

[@nofthet583]

White cottonwood. Got it.

[@cindyliberty]

What pine tree has clusters of two needles?

[@triciahague6287]

Black has five letters too

[@raul7293]

Beautiful wooden cup.

[@Atkrdu]

Quick Trick: Don't take the needles off or cut them, just take the whole branch & pour the water onto it. When it's all wilted & whatnot, take the whole thing out.

[@dashtheautoman]

Best comment so far.

[@fredericthom8113]

it s possible to eat them raw too , it give some "water" in worst case scenario . Vitamin C start to "die" at 40~45°C and it s completely inactivate at 75°C . But this kind of tea have other good thing for health, like you said , with the oils . Alternative cooking , in decoction (the plants will be in cold water and when it s boil, bolt it 1 min , and wait 10 min before drink it (normaly it s a beter extraction for no dry plants).

[@JungleJayAdventures]

I learned to chew on spruce needles, they also provide a bit of Vit C... Im sure it can be infused into a tea as well. Thanks for the tip.

[@andymetternich7453]

Sometimes I just chew the needles. I figure the vitamin c got to come out sometime...

[@NiteshSaini1]

It works better this way.

[@isatq6251]

Is it safe to do this? Im a beginner so im just curious.

[@fergusrb]

I have made it with needles from the pine tree in the front yard. Not sure what type it is. I was thinking that Dave Canterbury;s tea kettle with the strainer in it would work great. Boil your water in the kettle then put your needles in the strainer and let it seep then pour your cup full. You have gotten me hooked. Open the computer and the first thing is to see if you have posted anything. Enjoyed your Vlog the other day and the ones were you were out and about bringing everyone along. Thanks Bruce from the city of orange in orange county california.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

Make darn sure it hasn't been sprayed with Round Up etc! That's sadly difficult in many areas where I live. I need to drink it, it's great. Yeah if we boil the needles, I think it kills or alters the benefits a lot. Great videos!

[@conniegomez1321]

love the info!

[@yellowdog762jb]

When cooking w herbs, especially basil, I use the flat of a knife to press or bruise the leaves to release more of the flavor. I assume that would work with pine needles as well. I've tried pine needle tea before, and I was underwhelmed. To get the best flavor from coffee and regular tea, you shouldn't boil it because that releases some of the bitter flavor. I think I boiled the pine needles last time. I'll have to try it your way next time!

[@dashtheautoman]

Try your bruising method, and then stick the pine needles inside lacerations in the meat, especially in any streaks of fat. The fat is necessary to make most of the good stuff bioavailable. Bonus, the fat breaks it down to the consistency of rosemary. Totally edible.

[@Tamia4280]

Excellent Bushcraft video! Thank you

[@vincentc6919]

Va Pine has a great Citrus'y flavor that is outstanding...never used white pine but you could also throw in some honey too...

[@mikesbushcraftadventures8946]

I use the pine needle pur in one stick... and it works... with a little sugar... veeery delicious. Nice Videos...

[@rodolfobevilacqua6862]

Here in brazil de are having this tea to get rid of spike protein

[@pnyarrow]

Hi Dan thanks once again for a great video. Can you use other types of pine needles?

[@donnabernskoetter1931]

This was great to watch! I wasn't sure HOW to harvest pine needles until I saw this. I didn't know whether you cut them off or pull them off. Can you pull too many off that it will damage the tree? I bought a new young tree to plant, and wasn't sure if there was such a thing as pulling off TOO MANY needles!

[@poplarridge9719]

I love pine needle tea without anything else in it. I put mine on a slow simmer until the water is a light golden color. Bare minimum time is when the pine needles turn a dull green. Also, I remove the brown parts like you, and then just cut the needles in half followed by crushing and bruising them in my hands.

[@WhatsNextAmy]

Just about any pine is fine. The taste is not bad.

[@wanderingcalamity360]

White pine is really only common up in the northeast US. Further south, here in Texas, for example, loblolly and longleaf pine are more common. Florida has slash pine. All of these are good options. You need to be careful about species identification with pine needle tea, though, because ponderosa pine, balsam fir, lodgepole pine, Norfolk Island/Australian pine, mini Christmas tree, and Yew are all toxic conifers here in the US. Learn what's in your area and how to identify the good and bad ones.

[@Rob-ru5lw]

Loblolly and longleaf are safe?

[@dashtheautoman]

Yew is Hemlock! And Hemlock is 💀 💀 💀!!!!

[@jeffgrumley8230]

I just realized you did this video today...on Monday I was out at a local state park looking for white pine to make tea, unfortunately there wasn't any in the area I was looking. I've been sick for a couple days...the bs head cold going around...and figured instead of meds this would help. Thanks as usual for the great vid man!! I think Canterbury has competition thru you, keep it up

[@dashtheautoman]

Now it’s 2023. Your comment has aged VERY well.

[@i_am_a_freespirit]

Thank you Dan, u just learned something new 🤓...yes you can teach an old dog new tricks, but it takes patients and know hows 😂

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

Yeah drinking that is a acquired taste. My great uncle had a bee far when he was alive and his pine honey was my favorite out of all of them.

[@grimreaper6557]

awesome video thanks for the tea

[@GreencampRhodie]

Great video, thanks.

[@jeremyb.1977]

I have yet to try this tea. Thank you for sharing on how to identify white pine. I will be looking for it now. - Jeremy

[@lenrobinson2167]

Awesome job as usual Sir. Thanks for all the hard work in providing this content. Sassafras tea (comment below) as I remember growing up tasted similar to root beer without the fizzzz. Look forward to that video as well.

[@peterv1318]

Sassafras tea tastes amazing in my opinion. And yes I would relate it's taste to a non carbonated root beer

[@michaelcarter8209]

Outstanding

[@ingridk.guerra7842]

like your containers also

[@shanemccauley8354]

Great video, I have wanted to try this can you make tea out of any evergreen or just white pine.

[@thomasnugent7602]

Very good. Thank you very much

[@stevebuckskinner5482]

Would it hurt anything to add a little honey? What do you think?

[@outdoordauber]

Steve buckskinner 54 - I don't think it would hurt at all. Lots of nutrients in honey too!

[@doriswhite1348]

@@outdoordauber Honey is good for your lungs.

[@k2ashley]

Lemon is recommended to be added 👍

[@EdgewoodOutdoors]

Great video, love making pine needle tea...

[@jumboshrimp2885]

Vitamin A as well and vitamin K

[@oldyellerschannel4676]

Very Cool! Thank You!!

[@650tonyd]

What about the sugar pine that's a five needle pine part of the white pine family would this work?

[@russelrogers2540]

Rose hip tea will give you lots of vitamin C, also. I suggest you not eat the seeds as a couple fellows I know ate the hips, seeds and all. Gave them both a case of the trots. It was a long night.

[@jeffcuevas5918]

Great info, thanks

[@jcwoods2311]

"next up... Poison Ivy Punch!! Leaves of three, make some tea!"

[@mirtachich1066]

Cualquier Pino o alguno en especial ??🙏

[@truepixellife1960]

Thx men ! Good idea :) Pozdrawiam z Polski !!

[@homesci3596]

Can I do a red pine needles tea?

[@danwilder7945]

I see everyone up north drinking this. I’m in Central Texas, we have oak, cedar, mesquite and some pine. I’ll have to see what is good in my region?

[@myway3343]

We have a lot of wintergreen in our woods. Would you recommend a tea from that? I know that eating the berries have never done me any harm and I really enjoy the texture and flavor. Thanks for the great tip👍🏼

[@Strokesurvivor50]

Is Southern pine good for this?

[@STUCATZOMARINE]

Could you use the needles of a Mugho pine ?

[@angelarios8545]

If you are watching this and have access to electricity a Magic Bullet works really well to mash up the pine needles.

[@fjb4932]

Having OCD, i always wipe my knife off on my pant leg, making several passes up and down, flipping the knife over each time in order to clean the blade, as well as ever so slightly, hone the edge ... " A man without a knife, is a man without a life."

[@shariris]

Walked out to my backyard and grabbed some white pine needles and brewed 'em up. Bit bland but it was kinda cozy and I know good for me. Thanks for the motivation! (Again)

[@larrybenedict972]

I wonder what you can make with the wind generator in the background

[@PartyCrewCoolPAD]

😊😊😊

[@Chevrolet1994]

Great information. What Knife is that?

[@خواطرليث]

انا اعلم ان زيت التربنتين يستخرج من صمغ أشجار الصنوبر .. هل التربنتين موجود ايضا ً في ابر الصنوبر 🤔

[@reforest4fertility]

"Terpentine taste" is where terpenes come from. It's known that conifer terpenes, generally, boost immunity, which is definitely true of white pine.

[@AlitecEnterprises]

Just a note my understanding that Vitamin C gets lost with hot water correct me if I'm mistaken

[@veasenmeditasjonvmaybrittn7193]

Than you💖Hjelper også ift å beskytte seg mot de som er vaksinert (s. Proteinet)

[@olivewolff2960]

Is scotch pine edible for tea

[@aytanmammadli8085]

what is the best way to get suramin out of white pine needles?

[@BushcraftingBogan]

I didn't care much for the pine tea, but as you said this isn't for pleasure. Although I have found Spruce to actually have a nice taste.

[@stephanies6740]

Would honey go well with it?

[@Shieldhaart]

Love that cup! where's it from?

[@BarryM60]

I was thinking the same its a Finnish/Lapland Kuksa design

[@nissimmalul]

Are the Suramin and Vit. C stable? or do I need to drink it up right after making the tea?

[@Toyotatony91]

I think it taste good

[@bushcraftchip]

What do you use to protect the inside of your kuksa?

[@coalcracker]

Nothing I just use it all the time

[@wadereed8472]

Have you ever tried Cedar tea? It is very good I like it better than pine needle tea. Thank you for another great video!

[@dashtheautoman]

Juniper has more Terpineolene, and is therefore a better incense additive for incense therapy, but pine has more Trypan Blue, which is the natural substance perverted by the sorcerers into the drug Suramin. Therefore White Pine is the superior tea. Got me on flavor though. Ceder/Juniper is heavenly both the taste and the blossom.

[@rav4683]

Can we drink any kind of pine? I am from Uttarakhand(mid Himalayas) and we have lot of pine here. Never counted leaves. Just wondering if I can use this pine.

[@lsbangersbear4346]

No many are toxic be very careful

[@K0ester]

Planning on doing a winter hiking trip in a local state forest here in Minnesota. I've been trying to figure out which one. One is pretty much strictly deciduous forest and the other coniferous. I've never gone in the winter. If you have a choice, to make life easier, which would you choose

[@coalcracker]

Coniferous...much better for fire and staying warm

[@jackvoss5841]

Nice job. Actually, Dan, we can make tea from a lot of things in nature Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@Lulushow9]

If you like GIN you’ll like this…🤣🤣🤣

[@خواطرليث]

I know that turpentine is extracted from the gum of pine trees. Is turpentine also found in pine needles?

[@7dys183]

How would you know how much vitamin C is in a certain amount of needles what’s your estimate

[@markkoster5418]

Im In New zealand and the only pines that i can find have only 3 needles , will these work ?

[@Studopor]

If you add risehips it's even better.

[@neilsdahlberg1323]

Bandana or handkerchief = perfect strainer...

[@janvanassen7358]

Tats another tip wear you normally walk by , now you now what the do , stop and make thee. Cool

[@mundodaservasam]

Show!

[@augmarten6723]

Is that a plastic kuksa

[@ruthk9223]

If I make a tea infusion from pine needles in bulk for the whole week and keep it in the fridge or out of the fridge (which is recommended?) Will the nutritional values remain? Do pine wood needles contain surmin? And does surmin also cleanse toxins from vaccines?

[@theonetheonlyw5483]

Read this as pine needle tree. First thought was "why didn't he just say pine tree?"

[@mikegardner1920]

Hemlock tea is the bees knees

[@denisecrookshanks3892]

represents the 5 tribes of the hudanosaunee

[@cathypeterson3545]

It tastes like a Christmas tree. How would you store the needles? Should they be dried or frozen?

[@reneschaap8091]

Doe er weegbree brandnetels en een klein beetje honing bij en je hebt thee die heel goed voor je is en nog lekker ook ! brandnetels en weegbree stimuleren je lever en nieren en dat geeft je weer kracht!! opa

[@linklesstennessee2078]

I sort of like the taste good video

[@johanonvlee9546]

First ask the tree and show your gratitude. Its not the essential oil, its a specific chemical in the tea: Shikimic acid or shikimate

[@jlansdale536]

I add a bit of sugar.