Welcome to the new super food Sea Moss which is an algae grown and harvested across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Sea Moss has an abundance of nutrients and approximately 92 essential minerals the body needs, its super high iodine, potassium, calcium, and Vitamins A, D, E and K micronutrients makes helps it to boost your health. It is also known as the collagen of the sea. Vegans use it in place of animal-based collagen for healthy hair, skin, nails, and joints.
Our Sea Moss is All Natural from the Caribbean. It is wild harvested non-GMO, vegan, and by nature it is gluten free. In addition, you can eat it raw once rehydrated.
Our unaltered Sea Moss comes directly from the beautiful islands of St Lucia and Jamaica
Countries of Origin: St Lucia and Jamaica
The species of Sea Moss found in these regions is known as Gracilaria.
Follow these instructions to prepare your sea moss.
Tools necessary for prep:
White bowl for soaking sea moss (will help with visibility when picking through sea moss looking for debris)
.5 oz dried sea moss tangled knot (will yield about a cup once rehydrated)
10 – 12 oz Alkaline, purified, or spring water
1 half lemon sliced
Jar with lid for storing gel
To prepare your sea moss for use as a gel, follow these directions:
1. With the water running and over a white bowl, rinse Sea Moss thoroughly to wash away any debris.
2. The sea moss will begin to loosen up after 5 min of rinsing it under running water. During this initial rinsing, any unwanted debris will easily float off (don’t worry it is not gross). The white bowl increases visibility.
3. Now, let sit about 5 – 30 min in the bowl filled with water to soften up some more and become flexible making it easier to clean and pick through the fronds to remove any debris that is stuck on and did not come off with rinsing under running water. If you do not have time to babysit the sea moss to pick through it, just let swell and pick through it after it swells and you have the time to make the gel.
4. After picking through the strands and ensuring that it’s clean, add clean tepid water to a white bowl and soak the sea moss between 3 – 6 hours. Some people recommend 6 – 12. I believe that is too long. Soaking it too long can lower the nutrient potential. I get great gel after soaking only about 4 hours.
5. You can add sliced lemons to the soaking water to assist in the cleansing process.
6. The Sea Moss will rehydrate and swell to 3 times its size becoming soft and gelatinous.
7. After the soaking process/time, give the sea moss a final rinse.
8. Add the fully hydrated moss to your blender with clean water in a ratio of 1 cup of Sea Moss to 10-12 oz of purified, alkaline, or spring water. If you want a looser gel, add more water. I prefer a looser gel with a consistency of ketchup myself so that it remains pourable.
9. Blend until smooth and creamy, but pourable. It should pour freely into your clean jar. It will gel or thicken later in the fridge depending on the amount of water you use.
10. Refrigerate for immediate use or freeze for later use.
If you do not wish to soak and you want to use it right away, you have the option of heating it for a quick preparation. I do not advocate heating it because heating will further reduce the nutrients. However, the quick heated prep method is as follows:
- Clean as stated above in steps 1 thru 3.
- Rinse one last time to make sure the Sea Moss is clean.
- Add the Sea Moss to your pot and cover with the water of your choice.
- Bring the pot to a boil. After the boiling starts, let it boil only 1 – 2 minutes more.
- Remove from heat and allow to sit for at least 20 – 30 minutes.
- To retain some of the nutrients, do not discard the cooking water.
- Add the cooking water and sea moss to the blender with fresh purified, alkaline, or spring water in ratio of 1 cup rehydrated sea moss to 10-12 oz water.
- Blend until smooth and creamy.
P.S. This is a sea vegetable therefore expect sea debris. Although I find the St. Lucian variety to be clean, it can still have some debris clinging to it. Also, the better you clean it the better the scent. It will smell less like the sea when you clean it very well and soak it closer to the 12 hours.
