Homemade Echinacea Tea
Make homemade echinacea tea for cold winter days to warm up or potentially boost your immune system to ward off cold and flu-like symptoms.
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Equipment & Tools
- Tea strainer or non-bleached tea bags
INGREDIENTS
- ¼ cup dry echinacea leaves and petals (loose leaf)
- 1¼ cup boiling water
- honey or other sweetener (optional)
- 2 tsp fresh lemon juice (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat the water until it reaches the state of rapid boiling.
- Crush the homemade echinacea tea and add to the tea strainer or into a non-bleached tea bag. Add the boiling water over it to fill the cup.
- Steep the echinacea tea for 10-15 minutes. Note that the longer it steep the stronger the flavor.
- Take the tea strainer or the tea bag out. Add the sweetener, if using, and enjoy.
NOTES
- If you are using crushed echinacea tea then use only 1 tablespoon instead of 1/4cup.
* Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.