Thread: Russian Caravan Tea?

Nettles tea is super healthy too, MORE healthy than green tea and absolutely stuffed with nature's best remedies for all sorts of ailments. Everyone should drink it, and save themselves a trip to the hospital.

Do you use nettles in Russia? Picture below..

Just pick the nettles (with gloves), remove the leaves and discard the stems.
Boil them for 1 minute and then drain the water through a sieve into a tea pot.
Tastes great (nicer than green tea!) even without sugar. With sugar it's a treat and you can feel how healthy it is as you drink it.

If you picked them yourself it's fresher than anything from the stores.

The leaves can be dried again and used exactly as spinach, in a soup or just plain in a salad.
It is UNBELIEVABLY healthy.

Completely free and growing everywhere. Can be picked up until mid July, according to my grandmother, but they are best in May. You only pick the top 10 or so leaves and leave the rest.

I have never seen nettles tea in stores, but maybe I just didn't pay attention (well.... hardly so, but maybe). Anyway, it's not what you can be offered to drink when waiting in a reception room.
Coffee? - Yes/no, thank you.
Tea? - Yes/no, thank you.
Mint tea? - No, thank you, I don't like mint.
Green tea? - Yes, thank you. / No, thank you, I prefer black tea.
Nettle tea? - What??