Go Back
Print Recipe

Yarrow Tea

Ingredients

  • 2 TB yarrow
  • 2 TB elderflower
  • 4 TB mint
  • 2 TB red clover
  • 1 TB maple syrup

Instructions

  • Steep herbs in a quart jar of hot water.
  • Cover and let sit for about 6 hours, to steep the full benefits. I will often do this overnight, but, fair warning, if it steeps too long it can taste bitter. Usually overnight is perfect.
  • To make the removal of the herbs super easy, I love my quart-size tea steeper, linked below.
  • Add sweetener and stir. (Read more above about choosing the right sweetener.)
  • Serve over ice, or you can warm it as well and enjoy a mug-full of this delicious hot tea.

Notes

I choose maple for both the taste and the added polyphenols and antioxidants. In fact, I substitute maple syrup for sugar in almost everything.
If you use maple syrup, always be sure you're using 100% maple syrup. (It's the second most faked food in the world, topped only by olive oil.)