The fresh rosemary tea recipe is one of my country recipe challenges – based on a visit from a friend to Bahrain
It’s easy to make and there are 2 options:
- Either as a simple rosemary tea recipe – full recipe & video below.
- Or Blended with other items, like orange, lemon, honey, etc (details further down the page)
Fresh rosemary has a lovely flavour and fantastic health benefits.
Below you will find the recipe, as well as most often asked questions.
How to make fresh rosemary tea
Ingredients:
- 1 or 2 sprigs Rosemary
- 250 or 500 ml water (1 or 2 cups)
Equipment
- Scissors or secateurs
- Chef’s knife & chopping board (optional)
- Kettle or saucepan
- Tea jug or caffetiere
- Fine sieve
Instructions
- Cut the rosemary sprigs from the plant
- Wash & dry the sprigs
- Remove the leaves from the sprig and chop into small bits (see note)
- Boil the water
- Add the rosemary into the tea jug or caffetierre
- And pour the water on top – make sure it’s hot and not boiling
- Leave to stew for 5 to 10 minutes – depending how strong you would like it
- Either pour from the tea pot through the sieve into a cup, or plunge the caffetiere and pour.
Frequently asked questions
1. Do I use a whole sprig or chop the leaves?
When making rosemary tea then you can use a whole sprig, and simply add it to boiling water.
However chopping it has 2 main advantages:
- When you cut this will release the core oils, providing a more intense flavour a lot faster.
- It boosts the antioxidant levels, helping provide extra health benefits.
2. Is rosemary tea really good for you?
The simple answer is yes.
For example (according to Medical news today) rosemary can help improve your digestion, boost your mood, help mental health (less depression), enhance memory and concentration. Etc. etc.
However (as mentioned above) do try to cut the leaves when using it in tea, as that will help you get the best possible benefits.
3. What other rosemary tea recipes are there?
The beauty is that you can add lots of different items, based on your own preferred taste.
3 examples:
1. Very simple Option:
When making the tea just add a bit of honey to make it sweeter, or a slice of orange or lemon to give it a fresher taste.
2. Rosemary mint tea
My rosemary mint tea recipe takes it a stage further by combing fresh mint with rosemary and (optionally) maple syrup. Full recipe
3. Orange and clove rosemary tea
Or maybe the next stage is to make the tea as per the recipe below but add the orange zest from 1 orange, 2 tsp cloves and 1 tsp honey into the teapot and let stew.
Fresh rosemary tea
Equipment
- 1 Scissors or secateur
- 1 Chef's Knife (Available from Amazon) optional
- 1 Kettle or saucepan
- 1 Either Cafetiere or tea pot
- 1 Sieve optional
Ingredients
- 2 sprigs Rosemary
- 500 ml Water
Instructions
Prepare the rosemary
- Cut the rosemary sprigs from the plant and wash & dry the sprigs
- Remove the leaves from the sprig and chop into small bits (see note)
Make the tea
- Add the rosemary into the tea jug or caffetiere
- Boil the water and pour the water on top – when pouring make sure it’s hot and not boiling
- Leave to stew for 5 to 10 minutes – depending how strong you would like it
Pour and enjoy
- Either pour from the tea pot through the sieve into a cup, or plunge the caffetiere and pour.
Different flavour ideas
- Lovely on it's own – or before plunging you can also add items like an orange slice, lemon slice, honey, etc. (more details further up the page)
Video
Nutrition
The country recipe challenge.
This recipe is part of my country recipe challenge, where I am trying to find 1 recipe from each country in the world.
The original recipe for this came from Brazil, which has very many completely different recipes. I will be adding more in the next few months.
The easiest way to keep updated is to follow me on either my Instagram or Facebook page.
Have you made the recipe?
Would love to hear what you thought of it
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