Cold vs Hot

topic posted Thu, June 4, 2009 - 8:18 PM by  Sugar
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I'm drinking red raspberry leaf tea to aid fertility and the info that I have says to do a hot water infusion. But being that it's summer and drinking hot water is the last thing I want to do what I have been doing is making a teabag in the morning and popping it in my water bottle and refilling and sipping all day. So, what I'm asking is am I doing myself any good, or am I wasting my time. Am I getting the nutrients that I need in the cold water? Also, does boiling kill the nutrients like I've read in Yerba Mate?
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Sugar
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  • Re: Cold vs Hot

    Mon, June 8, 2009 - 11:28 AM
    I'm not an expert, but from my personal knowledge heat does kill certain nutrients, yet it also activates certain parts of a plant so it depends on what you're looking for. perhaps if the instructions tell you to do a hot water infusion you could do a hot water infusion and then throw it on ice? Ultimately though an infusion probably won't be very powerful and it would be a better idea to get the raw herbs used in the infusion and boil them for a few hours. I would look into the traditional uses of the herbs used in the infusion to ultimately decide whether to do a cold or hot extraction.
    • Re: Cold vs Hot

      Wed, June 10, 2009 - 8:45 AM
      You will some of the nutrients by steeping herbs in cold water, but not all of them. I would steep a teabag in half a cup of boiling water, let it sit until cold, then add both or just the squeezed tea extract to the bottle. And why not drop in a few fresh raspberries for extra flavor?
      =)

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