Do you throw away lemon seeds after squeezing the juice? Beware! You might be discarding a true natural treasure
👩🍳 Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Collect and Clean Your Seeds 🍋
- As you use lemons throughout the week, harvest the seeds instead of throwing them away.
- Rinse the seeds briefly under cool water to remove any sticky leftover pulp, matching the clean seeds pictured in .
Step 2: Crush to Release the Active Compounds 🔨
- Lemon seeds have a tough outer shell. To ensure all the internal nutrients dissolve into your tea, place the seeds on a cutting board and lightly crush them using the flat side of a chef’s knife, a mortar and pestle, or a rolling pin.
Step 3: Simmer the Infusion 🔥
- In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to a rolling boil.
- Add the crushed lemon seeds directly to the boiling water, just like the boiling pot preparation featured in the top right quadrant of .
- Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and let the seeds simmer gently for 10 minutes.
Step 4: Strain and Sweeten 🍯
- Remove the saucepan from the heat.
- Pour the liquid through a fine-mesh strainer into your favorite mug to remove the seed remnants.
- Stir in your raw honey or maple syrup while the tea is warm. Because lemon seeds have a naturally bitter, medicinal taste, a touch of sweetness makes it perfectly palatable!
