Sea buckthorn tea - 17 recipes: with orange, honey, ginger

Sea buckthorn is one of the most unique plants on the planet. If you believe the Greek myth, its fruit was the favorite of Muses Pegasus. Legends make up the benefits of sun berries, and almost every nation has its own cherished recipe for sea buckthorn tea. Considering the properties of this drink and collecting a collection of the best recipes is the task of this material.

Useful properties of sea buckthorn

In 1988, at the Olympic Games in Seoul, Chinese athletes were required to give sea buckthorn tea. In China and Tibet, where this plant is cultivated by whole plantations, its beneficial qualities have been known since ancient times.

Indeed, sea buckthorn is a real "vitamin bomb" that increases the energy potential of the body. For 100 grams of berries, it contains ten times more vitamin C than in lemon. Vitamins E, A, K and group B were found in its composition in record amounts.

For medicinal purposes, all parts of this plant are suitable - fruits, leaves, roots, bark.

The amount of antioxidants, pectins, and other vital substances in sea buckthorn is so great that it was included in the list of essential drugs for treating victims of the Chernobyl disaster.

There are few contraindications to the use of sea buckthorn: individual intolerance, cholecystitis and diseases associated with increased acidity of the gastrointestinal tract.

Sea buckthorn tea recipes

Despite all the advantages, sea buckthorn tea is not very famous in our country. Russians know how to make coffee in twelve ways, but do not always know how to make tea from sea buckthorn.

The wave of interest in this drink began to increase in recent years, when it appeared on the menu of some popular establishments. Recipes multiply exponentially and open up wide scope for culinary creativity.

Classic recipe

The classic recipe for sea buckthorn tea is as concise as Chinese painting. There is nothing superfluous in his taste - only background and accent.

Ingredients	amount
Black tea	5 teaspoons
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	300 grams
Water	1 liter

Pure berries must be well ground. You will have to do this manually, forgetting about the blender for a while, as metal knives from sea buckthorn juice deteriorate, and the fruits themselves lose some of their benefits.

The cooking scheme looks like this:

1. Put half the volume of berries in a ceramic mortar or other container.
2. Mash sea buckthorn in mashed potatoes with a wooden or plastic madler. Pass the mixture through a sieve to separate the bones and the skin.
3. Put mashed potatoes, whole berries in a teapot, pour dry tea.
4. Pour boiling water over boiling water.
5. Cover, allowing the drink to brew and reveal the aroma for 15 minutes.

It is preferable to pour tea into cups through a strainer.

Sea buckthorn tea with spices

 

Based on the basic recipe, you can experiment by giving the drink different shades using spices. One of the win-win options is as follows:

Ingredients	amount
Black tea	5 teaspoons
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	300 grams
Water	1 liter
Star anise	3 pieces
Clove	3 pieces

Preparing the fruit and brewing it looks exactly the same as in the previous recipe. You can serve such tea with honey. The main thing is not to kill the delicate oriental aroma of spices with a strong honey taste.

How to make tea with sea buckthorn and honey

 

Sea buckthorn goes well with honey on its own, without spices. But such tea is brewed a little differently. Two servings will be required:

Ingredients	amount
Black tea	3 teaspoons
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	150 grams
Water	0.5 liter
Honey	taste

First you need to grind the sea buckthorn with a madler, rub through a sieve and separately brew the perfect black tea:

1. Warm the teapot well.
2. Pour dry tea into it.
3. Pour in water heated to a temperature of + 95⁰С.

Everything else is done when serving. Several teaspoons of sea-buckthorn puree are put in the cup, filled with tea, honey is added.

This option of preparing sea buckthorn tea allows you to best preserve all the beneficial properties of its ingredients.

Sea buckthorn tea with ginger

 

This winter, warming drink perfectly replaces mulled wine after a ski trip.

Ingredients	amount
Fresh Ginger Root	4-6 cm
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	250 grams
Water	0.9 liter
Honey	taste
Cinnamon	1 stick per serving

Ginger is a specific product and should be taken based on tolerance. The cooking scheme looks like this:

1. Peel and chop the ginger root on a fine grater.
2. Mash buckthorn with a madler and pass through a sieve.
3. In each cup put a little ginger (to taste), a few teaspoons of sea buckthorn puree, a cinnamon stick.
4. Pour boiling water and leave for a few minutes.
5. Put honey.

Sea buckthorn tea with ginger, in addition to warming, has an immunostimulating effect, therefore it is recommended for colds.

Sea buckthorn mint tea

The combination of mint and sea buckthorn flavors is somewhat for everybody. However, such a drink is very useful for strengthening the nervous system and normalizing sleep.

Ingredients	amount
Fresh mint	2 branches
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	250 grams
Water	0.9 liter
Honey	taste
Cinnamon	4 sticks

Processing of sea buckthorn in this case is different than in other recipes.

1. The berries are blanched for 5 minutes, cooled, wiped through a sieve.
2. Chopped mint and chopped cinnamon are added to the sea buckthorn puree.
3. The mixture is infused for 10-15 minutes.

After mint reveals the aroma, the mixture is laid out in cups and poured with boiling water.

Sea buckthorn tea with orange

If there was a competition for the most original tea with sea buckthorn, the recipe with an orange would take a prize. In fact, it is a logical continuation of the previous version, developing the theme of sea buckthorn and mint.

Ingredients	amount
Fresh mint	2 branches
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	300 grams
Orange	1 piece
Water	1 liter
Clove	5 umbrellas
Sugar	taste

The preparation scheme is as follows:

1. Sea buckthorn is blanched and rubbed through a sieve into the pulp.
2. Peel is removed from the orange, and juice is squeezed out of the pulp.
3. Orange juice is added to the sea buckthorn puree, chopped mint, cloves, chopped zest are also placed there. The mixture is left for 10 minutes.

As in the previous recipe, brewing occurs directly in the cup.

With orange and cinnamon

Less complex flavor, but perfectly balanced and harmonious aroma of sea buckthorn tea with orange and cinnamon. Despite the orange in the ingredients, conceptually this recipe is closer to the classic than to the previous one.

Ingredients	amount
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	300 grams
Orange	1 piece
Water	1 liter
Star anise	2 stars
Cinnamon	1 stick
Sugar	taste

Blanch buckthorn is not necessary. It is enough to mash it, as in the classic recipe, setting aside a few whole berries separately. The following steps are simple:

1. Peel is cut from an orange. The pulp is cut into thin semicircles.
2. Sea buckthorn puree is placed in a teapot.
3. Star anise, cinnamon, zest are added to it.
4. The mixture is poured with boiling water.

After 5 minutes, tea can be poured through a strainer into cups, adding a slice of orange, a few whole berries and sugar to each serving, if necessary.

With orange, cinnamon and cherry

By slightly changing the previous composition, you can get a drink with a slightly bitter almond note.

Read also: almond benefits

Ingredients	amount
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	300 grams
Orange	1 piece
Water	1 liter
Cherry leaf (fresh or dry)	4 pieces
Cinnamon	1 stick
Sugar	taste

The cooking technology is the same as in the orange-cinnamon variation. It is only necessary to insist this tea a little longer so that the hard cherry leaf opens better.

With pear

If you add pear to the sea buckthorn puree, the drink will acquire an interesting southern Russian hue.

Ingredients	amount
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	2 cups
Pear	2 pieces
Water	1 liter
Black tea	5 teaspoons
Orange zest	2 teaspoons
Rafinated sugar	taste

The cooking technology is as follows:

1. Mash buckthorn with madler and pass through a sieve.
2. Peel the pear and cut into small pieces.
3. Grind slices of pears in a mashed blender.
4. Add the sea-buckthorn and pear mashed potatoes to the stewpan, add zest and dry tea.
5. Pour boiling water over the mixture and bring to a boil.
6. Quickly remove from heat, wrap and leave for 10 minutes.

Filter the finished tea and serve with refined tea.

With apple juice

The fruit theme can also be developed with apples. Such a drink is prepared in Siberia, preferably from the ranetki or whale. If they are not, any apples of autumn varieties will do.

Ingredients	amount
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	2 cups
Medium sized apples	4-5 pieces
Water	0.5 liter
Honey	taste

Sea buckthorn is prepared in the usual way. Squeeze juice out of apples. Further actions are as follows:

1. Put the sea buckthorn puree into a teapot.
2. Heat the apple juice, almost bringing to a boil.
3. Pour the berry mixture with hot apple juice and bring boiling water to the desired volume.

You can serve such a drink right away. Honey is put into it at will.

Sea buckthorn tea with lemon

This tea could be called "Merchant", thanks to the classic Russian combination of black tea, lemon, honey and mint. Sea buckthorn in this recipe does not solo, but complements the bouquet.

Ingredients	amount
Fresh or freshly frozen sea buckthorn berries	1 cup
Black tea	5 teaspoons
Water	1 liter
Lemon	2 pieces
Honey	taste
Mint	2 branches

Mash of sea buckthorn is not necessary in this case. Such tea looks more harmonious if it is transparent. Brewing is as follows:

1. Peel is removed from one lemon with a thin tape, the other is cut into thin semicircles.
2. Large teapot warms up well.
3. Dry tea, zest, pure whole sea-buckthorn and mint are placed in the teapot. Everything is filled with water, brought to a temperature of + 95⁰С.
4. The teapot is wrapped and infused.

Such tea is served in the teapot to the table. Separately, lemon slices and honey are laid out in cups to taste.

Cranberry tea with sea buckthorn - a recipe, as in "Chocolate"

This tea, offered in the popular chain of coffee houses "Chocolate Girl", appealed to many. To cook it yourself, you need such a set of products:

Ingredients	amount
Fresh sea buckthorn	200 grams
Orange	1 piece
Fresh cranberries	60 grams
Lemon	0.5 pieces
Orange juice	60 ml
Cinnamon	3 sticks
Sugar	60 grams
Water	0.6 liter

The cooking scheme looks like this:

1. Peel the orange and finely chop.
2. In a teapot, fold sea buckthorn, cranberries and chopped orange.
3. Cook the syrup from sugar.
4. Steep boiling water to brew a fruit and berry mixture and pour syrup into it.

After a short infusion, tea can be served to the table.

Tea with sea buckthorn and quince jam - a recipe, as in Yakitoria

A chain of Japanese restaurants offers its own option - sea buckthorn tea with quince jam. You can cook it with the following ingredients:

Ingredients	amount
Fresh sea buckthorn	150 grams
Quince jam	50 grams
Pear syrup	30 ml
Black tea	1 tablespoon
Water	0.4 liters
Sugar	taste

Cooking method:

1. Prepare sea buckthorn puree in the usual way and add sugar to it. Wait for the sugar to dissolve.
2. Transfer mashed potatoes to a teapot.
3. Add dry tea, pear syrup and quince jam.
4. Pour boiling water and leave for 5 minutes.

It is better to pour the resulting drink into cups through a strainer.

Vitamin Tea

This is a recipe for healing tea, indicated for vitamin deficiencies, viral infections, loss of strength and other conditions that occur against a background of decreased immunity.

For 1 cup you will need:

Ingredients	amount
Fresh or Frozen sea ​​buckthorn berries	1 tablespoon
Strawberry leaf (fresh or dried)	1 teaspoon
Blackcurrant leaf (fresh or dried)	1 teaspoon
Raspberry leaf (fresh or dried)	1 teaspoon
Water	0.2 liter

Making a drink is very simple. Grind sea buckthorn, as usual, and put in a container with a lid. Add herbs, pour boiling water over it and leave it under the lid for several minutes.

By the combination of useful properties, such a drink is similar to Ivan-sea buckthorn tea, which is now sold in stores.

From fresh leaves

Tea with fresh leaves of sea buckthorn has a powerful therapeutic effect. It has hepatoprotective properties, and also normalizes sugar levels, lowers body temperature, removes edema.

To prepare it you will need:

Ingredients	amount
Fresh sea buckthorn leaves	0.5 cup
Fresh birch leaves	0.5 cup
Fresh linden leaves	0.5 cup
Lemon	0.5 pieces
Water	2 cups

Finely chopped vegetable raw materials with a knife, put in a heated teapot and pour boiling water over it. After infusion for a day, the infusion is used instead of brewing, adding boiling water and lemon slices.

Preparation of fruit juice and sea buckthorn compote

In winter, having at hand frozen berries of sea buckthorn, you can prepare healthy fruit drinks. For him it is necessary:

Ingredients	amount
Frozen sea buckthorn	0.5 kg
Sugar	3 tablespoons
Water	0.5 liter

The cooking technology is simple and accessible to every housewife:

1. Put frozen berries in a colander and leave to defrost.
2. Using a madler or ordinary pestle, wipe the thawed berry through a colander.
3. Grind the obtained sea-buckthorn puree with sugar and pour hot water.

After the sugar is completely dissolved, pour the drink into a jug and refrigerate.

 

From the same frozen sea-buckthorn comes a very tasty and healthy compote. To cook it, you need the following products:

Ingredients	amount
Frozen sea buckthorn	600 grams
Lemon	0.5 pieces
Sugar	200 grams
Water	2 liters

Cooking method:

1. Bring the water to a boil.
2. Dip the berries in it, add sugar.
3. Boil for 5 minutes.
4. Dip the sliced ​​lemon.
5. Boil for 3 minutes and remove from heat.

This stewed fruit, cooled to a warm state, is an indispensable assistant in the fight against respiratory infections in children.

Seabuckthorn Bark Recipe

With a breakdown, depression and other conditions of emotional depression, a recipe for tea from sea buckthorn bark may be useful. Chemical analyzes showed that this raw material contains serotonin - the so-called "hormone of happiness." Moreover, in the bark of sea buckthorn it is more than in chocolate.

To make tea to enhance your mood, you must have:

Ingredients	amount
Sea buckthorn bark	4 tablespoons
Water	1 liter

The sea buckthorn bark must be finely chopped with a knife. Then put it in a container of thick glass, pour boiling water and put on a slow fire. Boil for 20 minutes, cool, strain, take half a glass 3 times a day.

Having mastered any of the proposed recipes, the modern hostess can diversify the routine menu. The benefits of sea buckthorn tea have been proven by time, and a wide selection of flavors will delight loved ones and surprise guests.