🌳 A laxative bark 🍵 Coffee cherry tea

cascara

8.8

People brew a sweet, fruity tea from the dried skins of coffee cherries

noun
/kæˈskɑːrə/

Specialized

: cáscara de café

I enjoyed a refreshing cup of cascara tea made from the dried husks of coffee cherries.

Examples

While exploring coffee alternatives, I discovered that cascara has a delightful fruity taste.
A friend introduced me to cascara, and I was amazed by its unique flavor as a tea.
"Yes, that's right, cascara.

Fiction book (1992)

Compounds

cascara sagrada

Specialized

1 9.9

Dried bark from a tree that helps people with constipation

cascara buckthorn

Specialized

9.9

A small coastal tree whose bark is used to make a medicine for constipation

Surface Forms

cascara singular

cascaras plural

Etymology

Cascara comes from the Spanish word cáscara, which means 'peel' or 'husk'. Because the coffee cherry leaves a dry 'peel' or husk after the bean is removed, those skins are called cascara and are often brewed like a tea.