Medicine Making Series: Herbal Infusions - When to do a short vs long steep

You will taste the difference in steep times, receive a mini handout including recipes and herbal profiles. Herbal infusions affect the taste of the herb that we are consuming and will release certain properties depending on the time used. As we wind down in the season, it's important to consider not only our hydration levels, but also how to receive minerals, nutrients, vitamins in their natural form. What You'll Learn: • Herbs and how their steeping time affects what minerals, nutrients, calcium, vitamins are extracted • What the herbs properties are and other forms of extract besides water as well as those benefits • How this supports in the fall/winter season to pepare for the following spring What You'll Take Home: • A handout of all herbs discussed, their properties, and different forms of extraction as well as recipes • 1 pint size jar of rosehip infusion which will be discussed in class why this and not a different herb (no shade to the other herbs, this one is simply JUICY) What's Included: • 1 pint size jar (16 oz) • 1 oz herb (for your infusion) • Mountain water from a local spring • Detailed handout with over 6 hours of perpared material for you to add to your materia medica. Optional to bring: • Writing utensil & notebook • Water/caffeine