Title: Schizandra Berry Tea Recipes, A Five Flavor Tea Plus Energizing Elixir
Headings: Schizandra Berry Tea Recipes, A Five Flavor Tea Plus Energizing Elixir
Schizandra Berry Tea Recipes, A Five Flavor Tea Plus Energizing Elixir
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Schizandra Berry Tea Recipes
1) Five Flavor Tea Recipe
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Content: "Five flavor tea" is a popular drink made in Korea, called omijacha. Often served cold as a type of summertime fruit punch made from the berries, Schisandra chinensis or " omija ", it is a simple recipe prepared by simmering the soaked and sieved fruit to make a tea which is then sweetened. This tea is often traditionally garnished with azalea petals, yellow rose petals or pine nuts. Why Make Schizandra Berry Tea Recipes? One of the first things to note about these particular berries is that they are not the type of superfruit you would typically eat raw because of their seedy texture and strong flavor. They are rather traditionally prepared as a tea decoction, which is known draw out more of their therapeutic properties. While  the berries are famed for containing all five flavors: sour, salty, bitter, pungent and sweet, all of which can be sensed on subtle levels, a sour tartness is definitely the strongest of the five. Mountain Rose, Organic Schizandra Berries
This is because, like wild grapes, schizandra is known to contain a relatively high amount of tannin content as well as both malic acid and tartaric acid. For this reason they are not usually eaten straight, but soaked and prepared to remove some of these constituents.