Hello Season Hunters. We're back with the Season Hunt Challenge hosted by the talented @barbara-orenya. Every week a theme for the hunt is given for everyone to chase after. It's awfully fun and if you haven't yet heard of this, just click on the link here and hopefully you can join us too.
This week we are chasing:
HOT DRINKS
Well, here in our country, snow or no snow, hot drinks are always aplenty. My wife and daughters are tea drinkers and drink multiple cups a day. And they drink so many different types of tea, basically for their medicinal purpose than for the taste. But I suspect they've gotten quite used to it by now that surely taste does play in their tea drinking. Here's some photos of their tea collection.
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And sometimes they even make their own tea from leaves of trees and plants that have been found to have multiple health benefits like this one below.
Let's drink to our health!
These are guyabano leaves that I picked from a neighbor's tree, washed and boiled in a pot.
Guyabano (Anona muricata), or soursop, custard apple and Brazilian Paw Paw, is a small tropical fruit tree bearing a sweet heart-shaped fruit with a soft-spined green outer skin and soft pulpy white flesh.
The Guyabano leaves have vitamins A, B, C, E, riboflavin, thiamine (Vitamin B1), niacin (Vitamin B3), polyphenols, and pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5). It contains anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-microbial, and anti-cancer properties. It also has antioxidants, which fights free radicals that can cause various types of diseases. And if that isn't enough, the leaves also contains minerals such as iron, zinc, calcium, copper, manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, and other nutrients, which help us to maintain our body’s health.
But I'm more of a coffee drinker. I occasionally drink tea but not as much as coffee. Here's my morning cup with my favorite season's mug.
And that's all for this hunt. Hope you enjoyed it. For those who have not seen a guyabano fruit and for those who want to try this out, I am enclosing a picture of it below. This fruit also gives a tarty sweet puree which makes an excellent juice as well.
Good luck to everyone in the lucky draw! Keep safe and looking forward to the next hunt!
(Unless otherwise indicated all photos are mine.)
guyabano leaves...♨️🍃🍵🍃♨️
Well I for one learned something new today! Thank you!
I had a friend in college, over 40 years ago, whose mom made the most delicious guyabano juice. That was when I first heard of this fruit. But I did not know that its leaves had medicinal properties too until recently. It's like a two in one package deal. Enjoy the juice after breakfast then have the tea in the afternoon 😄
very interesting fruit! I have never heard of this tree and about tea from its leaves. i like the deer cup 😀
They found this fruit to have cancer-fighting properties. It is a really interesting fruit. Thanks for visiting 😊
I don't know this Guyabano fruit....Nice that you have its leaves from a neighbor's tree to make infusion !
I like herbal infusions too, and my favourite is mint-licorice 😋
Thanks for your participation @gems.and.cookies !
Always my pleasure to participate and I look forward always to the new hunt. It's so exciting!
I will have to tell my wife to try the mint-licorice if she can find one. Sounds delicious.
yes it is ! ...well, if you enjoy the taste of mint and of licorice of course 🤣
I like mint but I can't seem to recall if I have tasted licorice. I must have but forgot what it was like. I'll let you know when I get to taste it 😄
Nice selection of the tea and your deer coffee cup.
Thanks for including image of the guyabano fruit. I had not seen one before. Always interesting to see what’s going on in other countries.
I seem to be more of a coffee drinker now but have also used rose buds and wild herbs to make tea. This time I wasn’t fast enough to get an entry so will have to get on to find “ Warm Outfits.” 😊
Thank you for your visit @redheadpei. The guyabano fruit makes a really delicious drink. In fact the brand Tang offers this in sachets. See photo below.
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As you can see it's a popular drink in the Philippines and the sachet above is actually made for export to our country.
I was wondering about your season Hunt entry as I didn't see it in my feed. Sometimes the time just blows by so fast we forget about the deadlines of contests. But I am sure your closet will be filled with warm outfits. This hunt will be a cinch for you. Looking forward to your trophies 😊