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I adore wild blueberries. If you’ve never had them or think they are just a smaller version of “regular” blueberries, please do yourself a favor and pick yourself up some wild ones. The taste is so much different -sweeter and way more intense. They are especially amazing in this coffee cake recipe. It is literally packed with wild blueberries and that sweetness, offset with the spicy chai, makes for an awesome addition to any holiday brunch. If you’ve got loads of family at your house and need a sweet and fruity breakfast treat, make this for them and you’ll have some happy house guests.

We haven’t done it in awhile, but my dad and siblings and I used to go wild blueberry picking on the (small) mountain near our house. We have special blueberry picking rakes that are handheld and the end has those rake prongs. To harvest the blueberries, you scoop the rake It’s hard work, climbing mini-mountains and picking blueberries, but the pay-off is always so worth it. Bucket loads of blueberries became pies and jam and sauce or, more often, just got eaten as they were with maybe a small bit of cream. They don’t need much to enhance their flavor.

One of the reasons I love them so much is exactly because they are wild. This makes them unique, in taste and diversity, and depending on the location and variety of blueberry, you can encounter some very complex flavor. We have them here in Vermont (not telling where – family secret lol!) but mostly they grow in Maine and Canada and are flash frozen when picked so you don’t miss out of their perfect ripeness.

Some other cool facts about wild blueberries that I didn’t know, but am happy to learn since they’re one of my favorite fruits:

Comparing Wild Blueberries to Cultivated Blueberries – One serving of Wild Blueberries (1 cup) has 8 times the manganese, 72%more fiber and 32% less sugar

They have twice the antioxidant capacity of cultivated blueberries. New research shows the potential health benefits of Wild Blueberries include gut health, diabetes, cancer and brain health.

Wild Blueberry plants, because they grow wild, are genetically diverse with thousands of interlocking plants that spread across fields called barrens.

This recipe may look intimidating, with that huge list of ingredients, which is just so unlike me, but it’s a complete cinch to throw together.

Enjoy!

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Soaking the Chai Tea Bags All the wet ingredients. Coffeecake batter. Spread 1/2 in prepared dish. Spread 1 cup blueberries on top. Remainder of the batter. Remainder of the blueberries. With streusal topping. Just out of the oven.

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