Abstract: A process for making a good-tasting alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage from pine needles. Pine needles are boiled in water with licorice root, cinnamon powder, black beans, and Ganoderma Lucidum. The mixture/solution is cooled in the ambient environment, reheated, and then filtered. The resulting beverage retains the beneficial qualities of a pine needle beverage, while the bitter taste and odor of terpenes are substantially eliminated.