Herb Teas Recipes
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Parts to Use |
Directions |
Comments |
Lemon Balm |
Leaves, fresh or dry |
Steep for 10 minutes, serve hot or cold |
Has lemon scent |
Camomile |
Leaves, fresh or dry |
Steep for 3 to 5 minutes |
Delicate and fruity flavor |
Alfalfa |
Leaves, fresh or dry |
Steep in boiling water |
Steep with any mint variety |
Borage |
Leaves, fresh or dry |
steep, serve hot or cold |
Cucumber flavor, add to lemonade |
Anise |
Seeds |
1 tsp. crushed seeds to 1 cup boiling water, steep |
Sweet taste |
Mints |
Leaves, fresh or dry |
2 tsp. dried or 1/2 cup fresh leaves to 1. cup water |
Peppermint, spearmint, apple mint, orange mint |
Clover Blossom |
Flowering tops |
2 tsp. to 1/2 cup boiling water for 10 minutes |
Steep with most herb teas |
Marjoram |
Fresh leaves |
Steep in boiling water |
Add to mint varieties |
Sage |
Fresh, chopped leaves |
Steep in boiling water |
Try pineapple sage, serve hot or iced |
Rose Hips |
Dried, finely chopped |
Soak in small amount of water for 12 hours, steep for 30 minutes |
Add hibiscus for a lemon flavor |
Hibiscus |
Flowers |
Steep in boiling water, serve hot or cold t |
Lemony flavor, add to rose hips |
Lemon Thyme |
Whole stem |
Boil for a minute or so |
Try with alfalfa |
Lemon Verbena |
Leaves, fresh or dry |
Steep in boiling water, serve hot or iced |
Try with mint |