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Rosehip Slow
Tart hips, ginger, and time — a stiff-day pot.
Rosehips simmered with ginger make a tart, warming pot traditional kitchens poured on cold, creaky days. Not a painkiller — a kettle habit with vitamin-C brightness.
- Steep
- 12 min
- Water
- 100°C / 212°F
- Caffeine
- None
Taste · Tart, warm spice, fruity
Ingredients
2 cups
- Organic dried rosehips · crushed2 tbsp
- Fresh ginger4 slices
- Cinnamon stick · optional½
Method
- 1
Simmer crushed hips and ginger 12 minutes.
- 2
Strain well. Honey if the tartness bites.
Why this cup
- A long, tart cup for stiff weather
- Ginger keeps it from tasting only like jam
- Fine as a thermos through an afternoon walk
Go gently
- The seeds are itchy if you do not strain.
- Culinary amounts. Kitchen tea, not a treatment for joint disease.
Steep timer
12:00
