Oregano tea

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Lovely flavoured tea with lots and lots of health benefits.

This is one of my fresh oregano recipes

Prep Time: 1

Cook Time: 5

Keyword: oregano honey tea, oregano tea

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Equipment

1 Kettle
1 Chef Knife

Ingredients

4 tbsp Fresh Oregano
1 tbsp Honey
200 ml Water

Instructions

Pick the oregano leaves and chop into smaller bits
Add the leaves to 200 ml boiling water
Leave to steep for 5 minutes,
Pour through a sieve and then add the honey
Enjoy when still warm.

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Nutrition

Serving: 200ml | Calories: 45kcal

Why oregano tea is so good for you

Oregano is one of the ‘super’ herbs with a long list of health benefits.

For example the webmd site mentions its anti-inflammatory & antioxidant, properties. Oregano tea is used to help with headaches, cough, flu, backpain, etc, etc.

2 items to focus on:

Item 1 – Use fresh oregano

Oregano is very healthy

However it is very important to realise that many benefits (& flavour) are reduced during the drying process, which is why growing fresh oregano is such a good idea.

Very easy to grow at home

It’s not very difficult to grow your own at home – even indoors (in your kitchen, spare bedroom, garage, etc.

The picture on the right shows oregano which was grown in my kitchen, and simply moved outdoors into the garden.

Oregano will grow very fast and you will be able to use it in your recipes on a regular basis.

There is detailed description of the – indoor herb growing system

Item 2 – Jug or cafetiere and/or tea infuser?

I prefer using a cafetiere as it’s easy to use – simply push down the filter when you want to use it.

An alternative option is to use a jug or wide bottle and a tea infuser. All you do is put the oregano leaves in the infuser and add the lemon and honey later.

For example the one pictured on the right is easy to use. You can also use it to make an iced oregano tea, fruit drinks, etc.

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Herb Tea Recipes

Below are example herb tea recipes made using fresh herbs.

The advantage of growing your own herbs is that they are local (no transport pollution), fresh and available. Fresh herbs are really easy to grow both indoors and outside – just follow the links in the recipes for more info.