How to make homemade chamomile tea.

Introduction

Interested in making your own teas right at home? No problem! This easy set of instructions will teach you how to make a simple and soothing tea without having to spend money or so trekking through the woods for elusive flowers and plants.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You'll Need

• chamomile flowers
• a stove
• a pot
• water
• sugar or honey, according to your preference

Steps

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Step One

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Chamomile flowers.

First of all, you need to find chamomile flowers. These are usually fairly easy to find. They're little white flowers with a yellow centre, much like smaller versions of daisies, and they tend to grow close to the gound over large areas, so you won't be tromping through the woods all day looking for them and only finding a few. If you find one decently sized patch, you probably don't need to go any further.

Once you find a patch, pick the flowers. They're small, but you shouldn't have much problem getting a handful or two.

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Step Two

At home, fill a pot or pan with water and set it on the stove to boil. Rinse off the chamomile flowers with cool water. When the water gets hot, throw in some of the chamomile flowers to steep. About two or three teaspoons of the flower for every cup of water is a good balance. The flowers can be either fresh or dried; it makes no difference.

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Step Three

Let the water boil and the flowers steep for a few minutes, then pour the liquid into a cup. If you get any flower petals in your cup, it's not a big concern unless you don't like the texture of them. In which case, I recommend pouring the liquid through a strainer of some kind to sift out any petals.

As sugar or honey, according to which you like best in tea, let cool a little bit, and then drink and enjoy.