{"id":38436,"date":"2026-02-17T20:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=38436"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:45:35","slug":"pink-pine-needle-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=38436","title":{"rendered":"Pink Pine Needle Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-38437\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pink-Pine-Needle-Tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pink-Pine-Needle-Tea.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pink-Pine-Needle-Tea-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pink-Pine-Needle-Tea-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pink-Pine-Needle-Tea-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pink-Pine-Needle-Tea-405x270.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/>Pink Pine Needle Tea<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2 cups water<\/p>\n<p>2 T. \u00a0(11g) snipped pine needles<\/p>\n<p>\u00be cup (90g) wild blueberries, fresh or frozen<\/p>\n<p>2 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice<\/p>\n<p>2 tsp. honey, or to taste<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Combine the water, pine needles, and wild blueberries in a small saucepan over high heat. Bring to a simmer, cover, then reduce the heat to low to maintain a simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the lemon juice and honey. Make sure the honey is completely dissolved. Set a strainer over your serving mugs and pour the tea through the strainer. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Pine Needle Tea &nbsp; 2 cups water 2 T. \u00a0(11g) snipped pine needles \u00be cup (90g) wild blueberries, fresh or frozen 2 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 tsp. honey, or to taste &nbsp; Combine the water, pine needles, and wild blueberries in a small saucepan over high heat. Bring to a simmer, cover, then reduce the heat to low to maintain a simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the lemon juice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=38436\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[156],"class_list":["post-38436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breakfasts","tag-foraged-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38438,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38436\/revisions\/38438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}