The sea buckthorn berry is gaining popularity in recent months as many come to know of its nutritive qualities. One method of taking advantage of the sea buckthorn berry’s nutrition without having to eat them is through juicing.
Juicing food items in order to get a day’s supply of fruits and vegetables is a common practice these days, and the sea buckthorn berry has certainly not escaped the juicing craze.
But juicing is by no means a new art. It’s just a new “craze.” Civilizations and societies around the world and throughout history have been juicing plants for millennia. Here are a few ways that various civilizations have juiced the sea buckthorn berry.
The Americas and Europe
Modern technology has made juicing a simple task. With blades that fly thanks to powerful electric motors and strainers that use centrifugal force to extract just the juice while leaving behind the rind, juicing a fruit or vegetable of any kind is as simple as throwing the plant into a container and flipping a switch.
The sea buckthorn berry itself is purchased at a variety of grocery stores and health food retail outlets. Very little effort is required in a modern society.
In the Himalayas
High up in the Himalayas, a more traditional approach is taken. Sea buckthorn berries are picked by hand. Actually, they are shaken from the branches rather than picked. In this way only ripe berries fall from the branches — only those which are at maximum nutritional capacity.
Harvest time in the Himalayas is only a month or two, when the time is right, the people must act quickly. The same morning that berries are felled from the branches, they are brought down and manually pureed. This process has remained relatively unchanged from generation to generation.
From there, families are able to enjoy the juice. However, commercial corporations have gotten in on the act and purchase the puree from Himalayan residents to be used in commercial products.
In many societies that have refused technology and continue to live the life that their ancestors have for centuries, juicing is done the old fashion way: by hand with a rock. The fruit or plant is often beaten over a rock covered with a large leaf or hollowed out bamboo or other device, allowing the juice to run down into a bowl.
Sometimes the remaining rind will be gathered up in a straining device and squeezed to extract every last remaining juice from the beaten fruits or berries.
However you choose to extract the juice of a sea buckthorn berry, the result is typically the same — a great tasting juice with all the health benefits of eating.
Sibu (http://sibu.com) offers drinks, vitamins, and other healthy supplements containing healthy sea buckthorn juice. Art Gib is a freelance writer.
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