You cannot brew a broom in boiling water. Secret from the old bath attendant (steaming a broom in a bag)

Some people ask: how to properly soak or steam a broom for a bath, so that it brings benefits and aroma?

Brooms must be properly dried so that all the necessary substances (essential oils, etc.) that are contained in the leaves of birch and oak are preserved.

I used to just pour boiling water into a basin or bucket and put a broom in there. As a result, when steamed, almost all the leaves flew off and there was no aroma.

Once an acquaintance came to visit me, as the saying goes "old bath attendant". He saw a broom soaked in boiling water in the bathhouse and told me not to do that again. There will be no benefit from such a procedure. It turns out a kind of tea. All substances go into the broth.

I will share his secrets with you

He also spoke about the fir broom separately. It turns out that you shouldn't dry it. The main thing is that it is fresh. You can collect branches all year round. He said that he prepares such brooms and stores them in the freezer. In the steam room from such a fresh frozen broom incredible

strawberry flavor. Remove the broom and rinse with cold water. They do not steam with such a broom, but simply lie with their heads and inhale the aroma.

As for the birch brooms. Fresh brooms should not be steamed. Branches with leaves you just need to wet in a basin or bucket and shake off.

Before steaming, brooms should be rinsed in cold water to remove dust. Then immerse the broom in a basin of cold water for 10 minutes. You can do this at home or in the dressing room.

Then again well soak the broom in cold water. Then we put it in a bag. We tie the bag so that oxygen does not enter inside. We take it to the bathhouse and put it on the upper shelf (in a warm place).

We leave for 30 minutes. Then you need to steam the broom over the stove. Add some boiling water and shake the broom over the steam. Thus, all the nutrients are stored in the broom, and an amazing aroma appears in the steam room. The broom will be soft (leaves) and will be pleasant to steam.

These are the secrets my friend told me. I always do that now. It became easier to breathe in the bath and a feeling of cheerfulness, which was not there before.