Raspberry Tea

Who wouldn’t love raspberry tea? There are many people that love the flavor of raspberry tea, not just for the tasty flavor but for the great medicinal benefits as well.  It used to be that raspberries were only able to be harvested during a certain time of the year but nowadays they can be enjoyed year round. There are many variations of this tea with the three main varieties ranging from black to a golden red color and they can be seen most often during the months of May through November. 

Raspberries come from the family known as the Rosacea family and they offer a great deal of medicinal properties such as being an astringent, an alternative medicine, tonic, antispasmodic medicine and it is even used as a stimulant. Because of all of the uses for raspberries you can pretty much find that people are using raspberry herbal tea year round,.

You will find that raspberries are packed full of such things known as phyded which is a strong phytonutrients as well as an antioxidant.  These things help a person boost their metabolism which in turn helps to one to boost their overall immune system so that they can fight off illnesses much more effectively.

Raspberries are a fruit that grows regally on bushes and are harvested when the berries are easily removed from the bush.  They will turn a dark color, indicating that they are ready to be picked,    For instance, if you are going with a yellow berry then you will want to look for a berry that is a dark yellow, where as red would have a  deep red color.  The deeper the color actually depends on the type of species that the berry is. 

Raspberries are harvested for your eating enjoyment as well as their medicinal purposes and made into a tea.  Any berries that are left over can be used to make jams. The jam will come out the best if you use berries when they are at their ripest.  You can also freeze them as use them in recipes at a later time such as for pies and jams 

The types of antioxidants that you will find in Raspberries would include Vitamins: V, C and B.  You will also find that raspberries have magnesium, dietary fiber, folic acid and copper, all of which are essential for your body. 

In order to make the raspberry tea you will need to have a leaf tea can and add in about 1 tablespoon of the raspberry leaf to about one cup of water.  Make sure that the water is boiling.  Infuse the tea for about 5 to 15 minutes then strain.  You can drink this about 3 times a day.  This tea has great health benefits for many types of ailments and it is even good for women who are pregnant as it helps to relive pain, nausea, hemorrhaging as well as helping women ease into childbirth.  The dried herbal teas can also help regulate a woman’s menstrual cycle.