Granmother was Ojibwe Healer. She made us White Pine Needle Tea. Which has 5 needles per bunch. The 5 needles represent each tribe of the Great 5 Tribe War, after a peace treaty was acheived. The Peacemaker pulled up a full grown White Pine, ordered all of the 5 tribes to cast their war weapons into the hole, replaced the tree, which grew. Thats the short version. We drank it, especially in the winter when oranges were scarce. We use all of nature for medicines and good things. Thanks.

We used to go out and cut some sassafras root and make tea.

Matt has demonstrated here a great example of the many useful herbs and plants available to us in the outdoors. Pine needles brewed in a hot tea not only is good for you (vitamins and minerals) but also taste great. Will certainly warm you up on a cold day in the woods. I want to thank Matt for demonstrating how he makes this tea. I would encourage y’all to feature Matt by doing more videos related to woodcraft skills and life in the outdoors of Applicaiha. - Tennessee Smoky

Isn't it amazing what we find in our back yards!! I imagine you forage for lots of herbs and edibles in the woods. We do. Those pine needles make a fine pine cleaner, too; an ointment or chest rub; a healing salve, and much, much more. The good Lord knew exactly what He was doing when he so graciously gave us all these healing products. Thank you, Matt for sharing with us.

Pine needle tea has a pleasant taste and smell (always a good start). It is rich in vitamin C (5 times the concentration of vitamin C found in lemons) and can bring relief to conditions such as heart disease, varicose veins, skin complaints and fatigue. Vitamin C is also an immune system booster which means that pine needle tea can help to fight illness and infections. Pine needle tea also contains high levels of Vitamin A, which is good for your eyesight, improves hair and skin regeneration and improves red blood cell production. It can be used as an expectorant for coughs and to help relieve chest congestion; it is also good for sore throats. It brings you clarity and mental clearness. It can help with depression, obesity, allergies and high blood pressure. Pine needles contain antioxidants. These reduce free radicals, which are harmful to humans and can cause disease. Taoist priests drank pine needle tea as they believed it made them live longer. There is researched evidence that pine needle tea can help to slow the ageing process. Pick some pine needles and let them soak in boiling water on your stove and it will add a crisp pine smell all over the house. Perfect for Christmas.

I like Matt sharing his Appalachian foraging experiences.

Isn't it amazing that God leaves green certain things through the winter & we find out it's one of the very things most useful to help us thrive through it? Crazy blessings! 😄 here, there, & everywhere. Sometimes I feel like God's just laughin' at us saying, "I put it RIGHT THERE in front of your face...dang" Lols! Thank you & Matt or this wonderful new (to me) info. 💛

Thanks, Matt for that lesson on tea making with the pine needles. And also thanks to Tipper, who managed to taste it without making too many faces!

I love tea, hot or cold. I knew you could make tea from pine needles but have not tried it. Nice coffee press Matt has. TYFS

What a comfort to know that Mother Nature has a built-in medicine cabinet, just out yonder. Thank you, Matt and Tipper.

More people should learn about wildcrafting. This is how our ancestors survived and made medicine!

Thanks Tipper and Matt. One of my great grandmas, Granny Dockery, thaught me about pine needle tea before I started school. She cautioned me to be sure it had five needle clusters. So I not only learned about the tea but it helped me practice counting. Much Love ❤

Spruce tea is also delicious!

It’s fun watching Matt pull out all these cool gadgets! He has something for every occasion. I have two sons that like things like Matt does so I need to share these videos with them!

Had tried it about 30 years ago good stuff thanks for sharing keep the cameras rolling from Florida

My husband makes tea for us when it gets cold. He does it out of love! ❤. You have a wonderful husband! God bless you and yours.

"Taste like a barn stall" !! That's FUNNY !! I'm going to have to save that one.

You can't beat mother nature.

I've heard lots of good things about this pineneedle tea..

I don't like tea hot or cold, but I would try that. Thanks Matt for telling and showing us about it. God Bless y'all

I am an old LADY but never EVER heard of THIS! Wow! How interesting!! To me pine needles mean pine oil for cleaning or spraying to kill odors but never EVER to consume! But it's supposed to be good for you and everything but wow! I'm just shook! Thanks for sharing!! BLESSINGS to you and yours, guys!! 🎇🏘️🌺😀🤗🤗☕☕🏺🏺

White pine needles seem to be the best, according to what I've seen.

Matt. I believe those can be obtained at some places in Massachusetts called Bass Pro Shops, Cabellas and LL Bean as these all have hunting supplies😊

Thanks for showing and sharing Matt.

I really admire those that can live off of the land. I truly believe that is the better way to be.

You can also drink ginger root tea..put honey and lemon good for congestion and colds

Around here, pine only grows in the mountains. But our trees get used. The bark off an old cottonwood makes a nasty tea that’s good for diarrhea. And willow bark makes a nasty pain killing tea. Wild lettuce gets used for pain too.

I like hot tea 🍵 I may try this . That looked like a white pine tree.

I too have a lot of pine trees, gonna give it a try. I do make dandelion tea with a spot of honey.

I'll have to try that we've drank sassafras tea ☕ by boiling the roots from small sassafras tree's, like y'all we've got plenty of pine trees I'm gonna give that a try. Thanks for sharing

Tipper had a real grimace on her face, lol. She really doesn't like hot tea. I'm like Matt and the girls, I can drink it anytime.

What a great idea, a nice steaming cup of pine needle tea, what with below zero temperatures here in Chicago!

Thanks for sharing and Gods blessing for you all

It's hard to get cinnamon to dissolve in water - saw a recommendation to stir the cinnamon and honey together, then add it to your tea - I tried it and it works well that way 🙂

I feel like Matt, I don't care what it taste like either, No medicine tastes good.

interesting. As my ancestors are Aboriginal First Nations Indians, they are big on such teas and have many trees and plants they use, most are used for healing qualities - both in teas as well as cooking and even ointments. Thank you Matt for sharing your Tea, and Tipper for videoing it for us.

We have white pine on the mountain. I’m going to make this a part of my health routine. Thank you, this is good to know! 🙂

Since a useful mnemonic for avoiding poison ivy is "Leaves of three, let it be", it would be helpful for a would-be brewer of pine needle tea to remember "Clusters of five, stay alive".

Wow! We learn something new everyday!!😁🌲🌲🌲

Thanks so much, that is great to know!! Always enjoy watching your videos!

You good folks are a reminder of why I love the south. Thanks for the video. I'd never heard of this tea.

Suramin! I tell you, God is putting your family in my path. Thank you for this video.

I've never heard of pine needle tea before this video., but it's definitely on my "must try" list now-thank you Matt and Tipper!

I’ve never made the tea but I have been the beneficiary of a big pine many times. In a too hot elk or mule deer hunt day there’s nothing better than the shady coolness of the thick lower branches (and once in a while you kick up a buck doing the same). And on a powdery snow day of 4-6 new inches there’s nothing like the shelter of that same 60’ pine, shielding from the wind behind a 2 foot diameter trunk. I used to think I’d want to come back as a spike or bull elk, maybe even an elusive Canadian goose, but lately I’ve thought that I’d rather return as a Ponderosa Pine that provides shelter and sustenance for so many species, including our own gangly nature seeker selves.

Oh wow. Thank you. Many doctors have said that this tea is a great CV19 remedy.

This what I do in the woods is make Pine Tea !!! Live off the land it is what we are to do in life !!! When making apple sauce and you have a core of a apple ,,, roll it in cinnamon let it dry and then when you want some tea !!! Put one of the cores of apple in hot water let it be for a bit and it is great to smell and sip on it !!! Tipper you might like it !!!

Oh, this is good to know Thank you

I have that same stove going on about 3 years. It works great. I forgot about pine needle tea. Will have to try that next me and the wife do a hike.

Yes! Pine Needle tea is SUPER good for u! 👍💯❤️

Matt keeps a good sharp knife. Good on him! 👍

Thank you so much 👍

Very interesting. I had no idea you could make tea with the needles. Thank you

I didn’t know this about pine needles. That is really interesting.Thank y’all for sharing this. Hugs from the southeast coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎

My Swedish ancestors drank pine needle tea. They drank it out of little hand carved wooden cups

Loved the whole process AND the concept to begin with. Count me in with Matt, the girls, and Miss Cindy. I could drink almost any kind of hot tea EVERY day. You are so lucky to have it so handy. I live in Western Oregon where we have lots of different evergreens, but they are firs and cedars and hemlocks. Now, Eastern Oregon has the wide variety of beautiful pine trees. They make a lovely sound when the wind is blowing. It sounds like nothing else on earth.

I enjoy both Colorado blue spruce and Norwegian spruce teas since those trees are abundant on my property. All spruce needles are non-poisonous and are packed with vitamin A and C. Although older spruce needles (leaves) tend to be slightly bitter or tannic tasting, younger sprouts during the spring are not. I always rinse my needles first and then clean them and then prepare them as Matt has. Great tasting teas especially in the spring!

I watch you all from Australia, I just love hearing all about life in the Appalachians... the girls' music,it's just beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing art of your lives.:)

I've never heard of this. It's worth trying, it really is neat to learn something new that is free and apart of nature

Thank you for posting. I would also love to learn more about all the ways you use flowers, such as dandelion. I've been using flower essences since 2007 and have experienced so much healing from childhood trauma. Hops are flowers, so I sometimes drink zero alcohol beer or hop water.

Tipper, I'm like you. I don't like hot tea of any kind. I do live the smell of pines. I grew up in East Texas and we had tons of pine trees! I really enjoyed learning about pine needle tea. Thank you both!

You can vacuum seal them and freeze them. I put mine in a baby crock pot for a couple hours. Then cool and store in fridge. Add some to whatever tea your drinking. So awesome.

Thank you, Matt and Tipper. I just think this is wonderful and I’m going to get my 2 sons one of those little “stoves”. Y’all are awesome. ♥️🙏

When I first moved to BC Canada I asked for ice tea and was told they don't have that. I said okay bring me a cup of ice and the hot tea and made my own ice tea. But then I was asked if I was Australian in BC Canada...nope just an okie woman....guess they never really listen to how an Australian talk because I sound like I'm from the mountains of Arkansas. LOL

How interesting...I have never heard of Pine Needle Tea. We have plenty of pines so I will give this a try. We are in our 70's so any vitamins surely wont hurt us. ❤🙏

That sounds like a very good idea. God Bless. Jean

Exactly, one drinks it for the health of it! Cheers~

Learned something new today from Matt!! Pine needle tea! Never heard of it! Interesting. Thanks Matt & Tipper! God bless and love to all! 💕🤗🙏🏻

I like iced tea but hot tea is not my cup of tea lol. I’d be interested in trying pine needle tea. I’ll be on the lookout for a white pine tree.

A barn stall.😆 good one Tipper. Have try a lot of herb teas over the years and rosehip is still my favourite, 33 times more vitamin C then oranges.

Enjoyed...!! The woodsman keeps coming out in Matt....

I've never heard of this, thank you Tipper and Matt.

This was great to learn about. I have myself a backyard full of pine trees, so when the weather warms up, I'll pull some needles and I'll let you know how it turned out. Thanks!

I've known about pine needle tea for a long time. Haven't tried it! Thanks Matt! Thanks for sharing!

Great information thank y'all so much for sharing this with us y'all are truly a blessing🙏💯⚘💜

I have known about pine tea and was told to use the new growth ,also the buds are good for jelly and used as a vegetable in the spring, I've never collected pine for tea but as a young girl I dug roots from the sassafras tree, scrub them slice them and boil them for tea .

Thank you so much. I was surprised to find out that goats love pine needles too!

I will try this. I have a huge white pine in my yard. I sometimes take a pine needle and chew on it. Pleasant taste.

Most interesting. I did enjoy it.

You should try to make the pine needle “soda”! It has yeast on it and will carbonate naturally, so you can enjoy it cold :)

Great job Matt, like seeing you passing on your outdoor skills. Keep it up.

Here on the Oregon coast we are surrounded by Douglas Fir and Spruce. We make tea, syrup and people use the tips to make beer. My goats love the fresh tips in the spring time.

Thank you Matt and Tipper. I don't have any pine trees around me. fooey.

Lord I been doing that for 30 years except I put it a pot boil and breath the steam as much as I can .iv told people how good that is for you when your sick most think your crazy

Very Cool Matt- I love tea..thank you for sharing!🤩

I drink pine needle tea for my immune system. So fun to see your post!

I have tried this. A good hot drink while hiking in cold weather🥰

Your right it's a win-win! I use to not like hot tea!! But now I like it! It relax me

And love the gifts he got as there pretty neat I seen the one u got him also and I never seen most things like the outdoor stuff so it's educational n nice to see new stuff

Thank you for sharing, now i want to try this. If you are back packing you could take the honey straws with you easy to pack and carry.

Can't wait to try it!

Thank you dear ones. :))

Thanks for the tips Matt and tipper! Get out of the rain!!! Please. I will try it some day. I like hot teas sometimes but coffee is still the best!🥰🙏

Great video!! Thanks for sharing!!

Matt, from one yard hunter to another let's talk about that lock on stand over by the chicken coop

I learned how to make pine needle tea in Girl Scouts way back in the '60s, Troop 262.

I’m sure someone has already commented but you can add ice to it for a cooler drink. I’ve done that with other hot teas.

My much needed humor tonight Tipper “it tastes like a barn stall”. I’ll never know the taste of a barn stall as I don’t have any pine trees around me. Tell Matt thanks for sharing. You two are awesome. ❤️🤗

My Daddy made this all the time. When there was new growth at the tips he made sure to harvest those as there was even more goodness in them. We didn't always have honey so daddy would use white caro syrup. I don't ever remember having lemon but seems like he used some sort of sorrel...maybe....It's been a lot of decades! LOL

4x's the vit c in orange juice. Vitamin A , flavonoids, amino acids, vitamin K. Good stuff! ❤️ Thanks for sharing.

Great video... love when you & Matt do videos together. I think it's sweet!