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Goldenrod Iced Tea is a cool, soothing, herbal, late-Summer to Fall cold, tea drink. The cut leaves and flowers have a sweet, “anise-like” scent that gives the tea its flavor. Enjoy it alone or with honey or your favorite sweetener.
Hi Everyone, did you know that you can make a delicious iced tea from Goldenrod?
*make sure you have a positive ID on the goldenrod if you are new to the herb, I link to a field guide that I use for foraging wild edibles. I also use the Picture This app for plant identification.
The cut leaves and flowers have a sweet, “anise-like” scent that gives the tea its flavor.
As quoted from Wikipedia:
Solidago, commonly called goldenrods, is a genus of about 100 to 120 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Most are herbaceous perennial species found in open areas such as meadows, prairies, and savannas.
Goldenrod has a number of health benefits.
As quoted from wildediblefood.com:
“Most Goldenrod plants average 1 metre in height. … Edible parts: All aerial parts of the plant can be used. The flowers are edible and make attractive garnishes on salads. Flowers and leaves (fresh or dried) are used to make tea.”
As quoted from rxlist.com:
Goldenrod is used to reduce pain and swelling (inflammation), as a diuretic to increase urine flow, and to stop muscle spasms. It is also used for gout, joint pain (rheumatism), arthritis, as well as eczema and other skin conditions.
According to healthline.com:
the antioxidant activity of goldenrod is more than that of green tea and vitamin C ( 1 , 9 , 10 , 11 ). The flavonoid antioxidants and other plant compounds in goldenrod also have anti-inflammatory benefits
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Goldenrod Iced Tea is a cool, soothing, herbal, late-Summer to Fall cold, tea drink. The cut leaves and flowers have a sweet, “anise-like” scent that gives the tea its flavor. Enjoy it alone or with honey or your favorite sweetener.
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Kristina says
Why would you make a comment about it being a culprit for allergy sufferers? It isn’t goldenrod that is wreaking havoc on their sinuses, it’s the ragweed that’s in bloom at the same time!! Goldenrod is too heavy to carry through the air, but ragweed is not…goldenrod gets a bad rap just because it blooms at the same time.
Sara Maniez says
I took out the sentence in my post that I think may have offended you. Goldenrod does have pollen. I am someone that has an allergy to pollen of any kind, among several other allergies that I cope with. I am just talking about my experience with having severe allergies. I supposed there are people that have more selective allergies. The point of this post is to highlight that goldenrod is very helpful to people who suffer from allergies. I also want to highlight that there are people that think that goldenrod is bad but it actually is a very helpful plant to many and this is one way that I personally use and enjoy it. I hope that clarifies things for you. Have a peaceful day.
Amanda says
I felt this was a great post thank you for sharing!!
Sara Maniez says
I'm glad you like it!