Wild berries, picked fresh and natural, are rich in vitamins A, B1, B2 and especially vitamin C and contain precious mineral salts for our body, in particular potassium .
In addition to being rich in these important nutrients, red fruits acquire all the beneficial properties: they are in fact fruits with antioxidant, refreshing and remineralizing properties.
Red fruit teas are welcome in our homes during this period, precisely because they help us to face the first changes of season, strengthening and improving our defensive system.
Types of wild fruit tea: which fruits they contain
There are many types of wild fruit teas on the market. Commonly, for wild berries herbal tea, we mean an herbal tea that has at least one of the so-called "red" fruits in it: blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, currant (red or black), blueberry, wild strawberries, cherries, sour cherries. But not only.
They are also excellent tisanes with red fruits those that contain grapes, raisins, hibiscus, elderberries, dog rose, strawberry leaves (see recipe below) and the least known in Italy, highly appreciated in Asia and Germany, Wolf Berry or Goji berries, a red berry with exceptional properties.
When drinking wild fruit teas
Boco fruit teas are ideal both for summer and to drink fresh, but especially for winter. This type of tisane has thirst-quenching and digestive properties, they are without caffeine or theine and are deeply relaxing, they are pleasant to sip even chromatically, given their bright red color, and organoleptically, they have a sweetish taste, sometimes slightly bitter, which can be mitigated with the addition of spices (cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, calendula).
How to combine a good herbal tea with berries
Here are five types of combinations of wild fruit teas: you can have fun combining them together, including rooibos or karkadé, honey and lemon, fresh mint leaves to taste them, discovering all the ingredients. the red tea for you!
> Hibiscus, elderberry, grapes, blackcurrants, blueberries
> Karkadè, diced dried apple, dog rose, currant, elderberry
> Rosa canina, almonds, cinnamon, rooibos, a piece of Bourbon vanilla
> Hibiscus, Uva Ursina, Sambucus, Blueberry, Black Currant
> Karkadè, wild rose, orange peel, raisins, strawberry leaves, marigold
Curiosity : the famous Swedish biologist and writer of the 700 Carl Nilsson Linnaeus, drank the infusion of leaves of wild strawberry to cure the headache!