Ingredients: water – 500 ml; dried rosehip berries – 2 tablespoons; honey – to taste.
Rinse the dried rosehip berries and soak them overnight in a thermos or enamel container with hot water (boiling water destroys vitamin C, so the temperature should be around 80°C). Let it steep in the thermos or a covered container for 8-10 hours, then strain. Add to taste to the cold or warm drink (but not hot— to preserve its beneficial properties, the temperature for honey should be between 40–45°C) and mix thoroughly. This infusion can be enjoyed warm or chilled.
Life Hacks
- To preserve vitamin C in rosehip, use enamel or glass containers for preparing the infusion.
For better steeping, the rosehip berries should be crushed. - You can also make the infusion with fresh rosehip berries, but in this case, you need to remove the tiny prickly hairs inside the fruits to avoid irritating the stomach lining.
- Consume the drink within two days to ensure the vitamin C remains intact.
- An adult can drink up to 2 glasses of rosehip infusion per day, while children should have 1 glass daily.
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