Rosemary Tea

Winter's the perfect time to share how to make rosemary tea. Rosemary is a delicious, easy-to-use culinary herb that imparts a fresh, piney flavor to meat, vegetables, and even cocktails. And it's not just for cooking!

The aroma of rosemary, which comes from its essential oils, is said to improve cognition and memory in several studies. Plus, it couldn't be easier to make.

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• Ingredients
• How to make rosemary herb tea
• Potential Side Effects: Please Read!
• Three other quick herb and herbal drink recipes
• FAQ
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Ingredients

Rosemary - an herb for memory

Rosemary is a popular herb with a wide range of benefits—most notably, an improved memory. In addition, Rosemary tea is beneficial for the health of your brain and whole body. Both fresh and dried rosemary works for making tea, but I prefer to use fresh.

Lemon infused honey

Honey is a delicious and powerful sweetener that's only made more potent and complex in flavor by infusing and fermenting with it!

My homemade lemon fermented honey results in a beautiful thin syrup that frankly tastes like sunshine. Other simple honey recipes offer great ways to utilize this pantry staple. 

How to make rosemary herb tea

The process for making rosemary tea is straightforward: all you need is water, an infuser (or something else that will hold the rosemary), and fresh or dried rosemary sprigs. Here's how to do it!

Start by heating water to boiling in a pot or tea kettle on the stove.

As you wait for the tea kettle to boil, get out a mug and add the rosemary leaves to it. Both fresh or dried rosemary leaves, but new leaves taste better.

Rip them off the stem if you're using whole fresh rosemary sprigs. However, if you want to use an entire dry twig, there's no need to pull off any leaves because they'll fall off on their own during the brewing process. You can also grind up dried rosemary leaves into powder if that's easier for you to find in stores.

I'm using fresh rosemary leaves; we recommend one teaspoon of ground dried leaves or two teaspoons of whole dried leaves per cup of tea.

Once the water has come to a boil, pour it into your mug over the rosemary leaves and let them steep for about four minutes (or longer if you prefer stronger tea).

Potential Side Effects: Please Read!

While it may have many benefits, there are some side effects to consider when making rosemary tea, including the following:

Pregnant women should avoid consuming rosemary tea due to its potential toxicity.

If you are allergic to any plants in the mint family, you should avoid consuming rosemary because it may cause an allergic reaction. If you experience any symptoms after drinking rosemary tea, such as hives or itchy eyes, seek medical attention immediately.

Three other quick herb and herbal drink recipes

There are quite a few ways to adapt this recipe (including maybe making a version of this hot toddy?), but rosemary is an understated herb in beverages, so I thought I'd share some quick drink ideas to make rosemary. If you have a favorite drink with rosemary, I'd love to hear about it! 

Rosemary Water

Place 1 cup of water and two sprigs (1-2 inches long) of fresh rosemary into a pitcher and refrigerate overnight. Strain and drink cold throughout the day.

Caffeine Free Rosemary Iced Tea

Make a pitcher of rosemary tea using 8 cups of water, two tablespoons of lemon juice, and six sprigs (1-2 inches long) of fresh rosemary. Let cool, and then refrigerate overnight. Serve chilled with ice cubes.

Lemon-Rosemary infused Sun Tea:

In a glass or ceramic pitcher, combine 6 cups of cold water with two tablespoons of lemon juice and four sprigs (1-2 inches long) of fresh rosemary. Place in direct sunlight for 4 to 5 hours before straining out the rosemary and serving over ice cubes.

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