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Rose hip tea? Anyone know how to make it?

15 years ago

Hi, everyone. I wanted to try to make some rose hip tea. Anybody out there know how to make it? What do you usually add to it? Green tea? My tea camellias are just babies, unfortunately. How about it? Thanks, Brandy

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diane_nj 6b/7a
15 years ago
The "hip" is the seed pod of the rose. The "rose hips" you buy from the store are dried ripened rose seed pods. Ripe pods come in many colors, red, orange, green. The "tea" is made by steeping the dried pods in boiling water. Some people drink it straight, it has a lemony flavor, some add a bit of honey or maple syrup or sugar. The hips are high in vitamin C. I've not heard of mixing it with other teas, but whatever you like.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rose Hips at Wikipedia
olga_6b
15 years ago
There are different ways to prepare rose hips tea. This is how it is done for generations in my family. Take approx 10 big dried rose hips (more if they are not big), put them in 2 Qt termos bottle (real one that keeps heat for hours not the plastic one). Fill termos with boiling water, close and leave over night. In the morning you will have quite strong, intensly colored (color of a good strond tea) and intensly flavored hot tea. The important thing is a good termos. Bad termos will give you lukewarm slighly colored liquid with almost no taste. You can put some sugar or drink like it is.
Olga
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I'm going to reply to bump this up, because I think it is a fascinating topic. The idea that the previous owner's great grandma planted a rose or two in that yard, and that they are still there, is quite intriguing. I wonder what you have? If you take pictures of the flowers, canes, leaves, and hips this season, someone here might be able to identify your mystery roses for you. You might have something really rare or interesting! Hybrid tea roses are not, as you indicate, ideal for making tea. Their name comes from the fact that they were produced by crossing various other sorts of roses with old tea roses (which have genetics from China, and rebloom prolifically, but also nod their flowers and form enormous bushes). Those old tea roses sometimes have a scent reminiscent of tea, which could be the source of their name. Another possible source for the name "tea rose" is the fact that they would have been brought over with traders bringing tea from China. For rose hip tea, my guess is that you will want some old, once-blooming garden roses, or the wild roses you mention, to make delicious hips. Or maybe rugosas, as Shelia mentions. Her suggestion to contact High Country is a great one! Roses do not have to be difficult at all. How difficult they are largely depends on the sort of rose you are dealing with, and the place you are planting it. If you give your roses a sunny spot in fertile soil, with enough access to water, they should be happy. Some varieties are more picky than others, so do some searching on Gardenweb for varieties that people have success with in no-spray situations. Many old roses do fine in no-spray gardens, and are survivors (like the ones in your garden). They may get a bit of black spot or whatnot, but generally not to a debilitating degree. Pruning requirements vary, depending on what sort of rose it is. One solid rule is: to keep them healthy, remove all dead wood every spring. Underplanting with herbs and flowers is fine, and most people who grow old fashioned roses do this (but you wouldn't want to plant anything really aggressive next to your roses). In fact the Apothecary's Rose (Rosa gallica officinalis) was grown in herb beds and used for medicinal purposes for centuries. Some old roses (including the Apothecary's rose) send out suckers, so be aware of that when planting. Another thing you might want to look into would be roses whose petals are really fragrant, to add petals to your tea. You could look into the roses that are used for perfume, such as Kazanlik or Ispahan. When you make you figure this out, and learn about making rose hip tea from experience, please do let us know your findings! I'd love to know more about this topic.
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mad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)
15 years ago
If you look at the ingredients in the herbal Celestial Seasons mixes, a big one is often rose hips. So the chances are decent you've already drunk some.

When the local coffee place still sold plain rose hips, we'd make the tea just like any other herbal tea. Now they seem to only sell them as part of mixes.
len511
15 years ago
if it tastes anything like they smell when you dig the seeds out, i think i would pass. i would rather drink rose water.lol.
mexicanhat
15 years ago
Oh, I love rose hips flavor. On our recent mountain hikes, I have been grazing on the wild rose hips along the trail. When they are just right and perfectly ripe, they have a suprising sweet delicious flavor.

I am going to try picking some wild rose hips to make jelly and also a vodka infusion. YUMMMMMMM.
brandyray
Original Author
15 years ago
Good information, everyone.
Following mexicanhat's suggestion I tried eating one- smelled citrusy but had the texture of wood pulp, and no flavor that I could taste. I will pass on eating them (though perhaps a different variety would taste different...).
Not having a good thermos, olga, I am going to try boiling them. I plan to try it this wkend.
I noticed in the link you included, diane, that mixing rose hips with hibiscus is suggested. Eventually, I found where it said they use the flower of the hibiscus. Mine is already done blooming for this yr, but maybe next yr...
If I don't get enough flavor from boiling the rose hips, I will add some lemon. I look forward to trying it, and thanks for all your assistance. Brandy
catsrose
15 years ago
I add rose hips to my apples sauce. (I have two apple trees that produced so exhuberantly this year that even the deer can't keep up with them.) I call it Witch Doctor's Special Applesauce. Boil unpeeled apples and rose hips with just enough water to cover them. Strain through collander, mashing down to get all pulp. Add ground cloves (cloves are a natural anaesthetic). Great for sore throats, tonsilites, tooth extractions etc.
diane_nj 6b/7a
15 years ago
Flavor depends on the rose. The moderns don't taste so good, but hips from the antiques are much better.
mexicanhat
15 years ago
Diane - I agree. Hips from wild roses are my favorite. The pulp of a ripe hip should have the texture of a good kiwi fruit.
brandyray
Original Author
15 years ago
Sounds like a good idea, catsrose, adding rose hips to applesauce.
The hips I have are on a modern rose- Fourth of July. If some of my other roses had any, the birds probably got them. Anyway, I am going to give the tea a try this wkend. Brandy

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