Bitter Melon Bahamian Bush Tea

The bitter melon is the colourful gourd-like fruit of the cerasee vine a native plant of the Bahamas recognised for its extreme potency in the treatment of coughs, colds, and digestive problems The entire plant is also renowned for its extreme bitterness which is tempered by citrus and made worse by sweetening with sugar. The bitter melon fruit is traditionally brewed as a tea to cleanse bowel and liver and to assist in the regulatiopn of blood sugar and blood pressure