They used acorns in agriculture. They are used as feed for livestock. Many forest animals use oak fruits as food. And the acorns are made of coffee, the benefits and harms of which we will talk further.
How useful is coffee from acorns?
The benefits of coffee from acorns are explained by the content of vitamins , minerals and useful antioxidants. It contains a significant amount of starch and protein.
For those who like to drink a cup of good coffee in the morning, but do not want to harm themselves, you can take the recipe for coffee from acorns. A small amount of a drink from oak fruits can reduce blood sugar levels. Acorns do not raise blood pressure, so hypertensive patients can safely enjoy the taste of coffee from them. Very good reputation of coffee in the treatment of toothache and bleeding gums.
Quercetin is the most useful substance contained in the acorns. It relieves many inflammatory processes in the body.
What is harmful for coffee from acorns?
Harm is all in the same quercetin. For humans, it is toxic. Ignoring the preliminary treatment of acorns can get a strong poisoning. It is not necessary to collect the fruits of oak in the first week after the beginning of their fall. Usually they turn out to be sick or wormy, so always pay attention to their appearance. The matured healthy acorn has a yellowish brown color with no inclusions and a brown hat.
How to make coffee from acorns?
Let's see how to make a wonderful coffee from acorns. For this we need water and sugar , preferably brown. So, the recipe itself:
- We go to the forest, where we find the tree of interest to us with the desired fruits.
- We collect acorns, 200-300 grams will be enough.
- Returning home, we need to clean them neatly.
- Further the fruits are necessarily mine, dried, cut into slices.
- Now dry them in the oven for 40 minutes at 200 degrees. Thanks to these actions, we get rid of poisoning with quercetin.
- Further we refine our processed oak nuts. In this form they can be stored for a long time.
- It remains to make coffee. 1-2 tbsp. l. Grinded acorns are poured into the Turk, there we add 1 tbsp. l. sugar and pour 150 ml of boiled water.
- Cook on medium heat until boiling, then pour into cups. You can add cream or cinnamon.