Fresh Mulberry and Goji Berry Tea

Why people make this tea

The entire mulberry tree is valued in traditional Chinese practice — the leaves, young shoots, root bark, branches, and fruit all have recognised uses. But it is the ripe, deep-purple berries that arrive in spring for a brief, beautiful season that Nourilo particularly loves to make use of. They are naturally sweet, deeply coloured, and packed with anthocyanins and antioxidants that modern nutrition research associates with healthy ageing and eye protection. Fresh mulberries are also notably high in zinc, which is associated with children’s cognitive development and the prevention of age-related cognitive decline.

Combined with goji berries — themselves prized for their zeaxanthin content and liver-kidney nourishing properties — this becomes one of the simplest and most elegant seasonal teas you can make. Two ingredients. Twenty minutes. And a tea that looks and tastes like something far more complicated.