8/1/2023 0 Comments Pineapple sage![]() ![]() Pineapple sage leaves are often added fresh to summer fruit salads as well. Leave it to infuse for 1-5 days, depending on how strong you would like the flavor. Take a jar of sugar and layer pineapple sage leaves throughout. Decorate your summer concoction with a sprig of pineapple sage and enjoy.Īnother easy way to use pineapple sage leaves is to add them to sugar to give it a fruity flavor. My favorite variation is making pineapple sage ice tea with pineapple juice ice cubes. I noticed with pineapple sage tea recipes that most people add a few teaspoons of honey and some lemon juice. Most mint teas need to steep for 5-10 minutes, but pineapple sage, with its delicate flavor, needs 15-20 minutes to infuse. Herbal teas need time to steep to release their flavor. Take the sage in your hands and roll it or crush it in your palm to release the flavor. With the pineapple sage, you should give it the same treatment as mint. The ratio that I usually see is ½ cup pineapple sage leaves to one quart of recently boiled water. To make it, bring water just to a boil, remove it from the heat, and then add it to a tea pot with pineapple sage leaves. Pineapple sage tea is just one of many uses. My interest, and I am sure yours as well, is in how we can use pineapple sage in the culinary realm or as a detox drinks for drug test. Then again, I can’t imagine anyone or anything not finding pineapple sage an uplifting addition to any diet. Another way of fitting anxiety and depression in a natural way is by using kraton a natural drug that contains a plant named Mitragyna speciosa which has many medical functions. Some say it helps with memory loss and studies on mice have indicated that it has anti-depressant and anti-anxiety properties. You can drink pineapple sage tea to calm your nerves, and like many of its mint cousins it aids in digestion and is good for settling an upset stomach. ![]() Like many herbs, pineapple sage has its health benefits as well. Late in the season, this fragrant sage is covered with red flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The stems-like other members of the mint family-are square, and in this instance deep burgundy and hairy. It is a tall plant, reaching 4-5 feet with beautiful, deeply veined, citrine green foliage. It is hardy from zones 8-11, so we grow it as an annual in these parts. ![]() Pineapple sage is indigenous to Mexico and regions in Central America. For those of you who like herbs but sometimes feel that the fragrance can get too strong, this is certainly an annual herb for you. The common name refers to the wonderfully fragrant foliage that exudes a sweet pineapple fragrance. Despite its name, pineapple sage has no direct relation to pineapples (which can be seen in our Wild Medicine exhibition growing in containers by the water lily pools). ![]() One of my colleagues gave me two large pineapple sages ( Salvia elegans) for teaching props. It is a great time of year to think of creative ways to start using your garden herbs. Over the long weekend, I spent my afternoons out in the Jane Watson Irwin Perennial Garden teaching the public how to make herbal teas and herbal vinegars. Posted in Gardening Tips on September 3 2013, by Sonia Uyterhoeven ![]()
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