Strawberry-cloudberry-spruce needles tea
3 servings
10 minutes
At Moscow's Saperavi Café they brew a warming taiga tea: strawberries and cloudberries are a surprisingly soulful pair, which, together with fragrant spruce needles (they go into a French press without any additives, just like that, whole) can cure a mild cold, a mild hangover, and even console in unhappy love.
CaloriesProteinsFatsCarbohydrates
28.3
kcal0.4g
grams0.1g
grams7.3g
gramsCloudberry
65
g
Wild strawberry
65
g
Conifer needles (spruce/pine tips)
to taste
Honey
1
tbsp
Boiling water
350
ml
1
Place cloudberries (fresh or thawed) and thawed strawberries in the French press.
- Cloudberry: 65 g
- Wild strawberry: 65 g
2
Mash the berries with a muddler and add 300 ml of boiling water.
- Boiling water: 350 ml
3
Let it steep for 4-5 minutes. Add honey, place the spruce branches, and pour in boiling water.
- Honey: 1 tablespoon
- Conifer needles (spruce/pine tips): to taste
- Boiling water: 350 ml