Dandelion Tea

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Dandelion tea is an awesome foraging recipe for homemade tea. You can add honey for a sweet tea, but we loved it just with steeped dandelion petals!

NOTE: This recipe made about 16 ounces, so one big mug of tea or about 1 1/2 smaller mugs of tea. If you want to make more, you can easily double or triple this recipe.

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Prep Time10

Steep Time30

Total Time40

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings: ounces

Calories: 1kcal

Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com

Equipment

1 strainer or cheese cloth

Ingredients

1/2 cup Dandelion flower petals fresh and untreated* - about 25 dandelions for 1/2 cup of dandelion petals
2 cups Hot water boiled
Honey optional

Instructions

Rinse dandelions thoroughly.
Remove dandelions petals from the dandelion base and stem and place them into a large measuring cup or bowl. (You only want the yellow parts of the dandelion flower.)
Pour hot water over dandelion flower petals. Cover and allow to steep for at least 30 minutes. (We just put a plate on top of our bowl as a "lid") The longer you allow it to steep, the stronger the flavor - 30 minutes made a mild tea (that we enjoyed).
After steeping, place a strainer (or cheese cloth) over the top of your mug (or bowl) and pour tea into the mug, leaving any dandelion petals in the strainer. Discard used petals.
To drink, add honey, if desired, but definitely try it first without the honey to get the full flavor. (We didn't add honey or sugar to our tea and enjoyed it as is. It has a slightly sweet flavor.)
Refrigerate any leftover tea for up to a week.

Notes

*Only use fresh dandelions that you are sure have not been treated with pesticides.

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