How to Make Oregano Tea, a strengthening herbal tea made with just boiling water and fresh oregano! The perfect way to utilize this fresh herb.
Did you know that you can make herbal tea using fresh herbs and boiling water? Enter this Oregano Tea. Fresh oregano transforms in 5 minutes into an earthy, cool drink that’s positively restorative. All you need is some twigs and boiling water! When Alex and I tried this for the first time, we were blown away by the taste. Making your own tea is fun and makes drinking water every day that much more interesting. Here’s what to do!
How to make oregano tea
All you need to make oregano tea is two ingredients: fresh oregano and water! While oregano is best known for flavoring Italian recipes, its aroma brings intrigue to tea. This recipe is best in summer when fresh herbs are growing in your garden or in pots. But you can also make it in the winter using fresh oregano from the grocery store. How to prepare oregano tea:
- Boil: Boil a pot of water. We use a kettle (which we also use for our morning coffee).
- Harvest herbs: Add 2 large sprigs of leafy oregano – see photo for amount we used.
- Soaking: Fill a cup with boiling water. Let it rest for 5 minutes and then enjoy!
Benefits of Oregano Tea
Fresh oregano is known to have benefits such as anti-bacteria, anti-cancer properties and anti-inflammatory properties. So it’s possible that oregano tea does the same thing! Many people believe in the power of herbal tea. We can’t promise it will cure all your ailments, but we can’t say drinking from a cup is positively calming! Learn more about the benefits of oregano.
Grow your own oregano
Oregano is easy to grow at home! They don’t even need space in the garden: just a pot and a sunny ledge! It has the best flavor and you can use it in recipes all summer long (see below). Go to How to Grow Herbs to learn more about growing herbs at home.
More herbal teas
You can make tea with all kinds of herbs! Here are some other herbal tea recipes to try:
Do you like tea recipes? Also try our iced tea, sweet tea and cold brew tea.
More ways to use oregano
This fresh herb is a powerhouse for adding Mediterranean flavor to a recipe! Here are a few other ways we like to use fresh oregano:
This oregano tea recipe is…
Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.
The description
How to Make Oregano Tea, a strengthening herbal tea made with just boiling water and fresh oregano! The perfect way to utilize this fresh herb.
- 2 large sprigs of fresh leaf oregano (see photo)
- Boiling water
- Boil the water.
- Wash the oregano thoroughly.
- Place the oregano sprigs in a cup and pour boiling water over them. Let the herbs steep for 5 minutes. Remove the oregano and enjoy. (Alternative method: If you prefer, you can chop the oregano leaves and place them in a tea strainer before steeping.)
- Category: drink
- Method: tea
- Kitchen: Herbs-
- Diet: vegan
More herbal drinks
Here’s one way to use herbs in drinks: in infused water recipes! Here are some of our favourites:
