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    Homemade Chamomile Tea

    Published: Jan 6, 2021 · Modified: May 3, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Prepare your own chamomile tea tonight!
    Total Time: 8 minutes
    4.75 from 4 votes
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    Here you will learn everything you need to know to make chamomile tea.

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    • 📕 What is Chamomile?
    • 🌼 What is Chamomile Tea good for?
    • 🔪 How to make the tea?
    • 🥣 Flavor and Recipe Variations
    • 💭 FAQs
    • 👁️ More Herbal Tea Ideas
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    📕 What is Chamomile?

    Chamomile is a daisy-like flower, with white petals and a yellow procuring core.

    The proper chamomile is called German chamomile or also the real chamomile.

    This is because some other varieties are frequently confused with the real chamomile and the "fake" ones are sometimes sold as the real ones.

    The plants grow in central and east Europe in gardens and in the wild on the fields.

    The fresh flower buds are harvested from June to August and are then dried to use as a tea herbal infusion.

    🌼 What is Chamomile Tea good for?

    My grandmother used to make chamomile tea after dinner.

    It helps in your digestion and with sleep.

    Chamomile tea is known to relax and folks tend to drink it after food, before sleepy time.

    So, you can prepare chamomile tea to help you find sleep BUT you will need to go pee as well, so know that. It might not be the best thing just before bed.

    I like to drink chamomile after a long day or when I'm stressed out and anxious. It helps me to come down a bit.

    close up chamomile flower buds dried

    🔪 How to make the tea?

    We make tea with loose whole dried flower buds.

    If you want to know how you can dry your fresh flower buds, then read up my guide on how to dry herbs. The process is the same.

    Once you have your dried chamomile buds ready, you can choose to prepare your tea in two different ways.

    Option 1 - Tea Bags/Infuser

    Boil your water.

    Grab an empty new tea bag or ball infuser that you can fill, and fill it with the flower buds.

    Pour water into your cup and infuse hot water with the tea bag/infuser.

    Steep for about 5 minutes and take out the bag with the flowers.

    Enjoy a hot tea with or without sweetener.

    fill tea bags with flower and steep in hot water

    Tip: The tea bag might filter better compared to the infuser because chamomile has tiny little yellow flower pieces.

    Option 2 - Cook & Strain

    Bring a small cooking pot to boil with water.

    Add the dried flower buds to the cooking water.

    Turn down the heat and allow the flower buds to steep for 5 minutes.

    Strain the hot tea and pour strained infused herbal tea into a cup.

    🥣 Flavor and Recipe Variations

    You can sweeten your chamomile tea with sugar, honey and even stevia.

    The stevia leaves can be added to your flowers.

    Besides you can mix up things and create new flavor combinations.

    Add any of the following to your flower buds:

    • green or black tea - but it won't be caffeine-free anymore
    • mint
    • ginger
    • anise seeds
    • lemon juice - can be added to the tea in the cup

    You are not bound to hot tee! You can choose to prepare iced tea too. For that, simply allow your cooked infused tea to cool and serve with ice cubes.

    chamomile flower plants

    💭 FAQs

    Can I drink Chamomile tea everyday?

    Yes you can. A tea a day can do you good.

    Does Chamomile tea make you pee more?

    Like any other herbal tea, you will experience that you will need to run to the toilet.

    Can I make my chamomile tea with milk?

    I love milk tea but I don't think that adding milk to this herbal tea can be a good idea. I recommend drinking chamomile tea without milk.

    👁️ More Herbal Tea Ideas

    • Orange Blossom Tea
    • Oregano Tea
    • Chicory Root Tea
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    Homemade Chamomile Tea Recipe

    Prepare your own chamomile tea tonight!
    4.75 from 4 votes
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    Course: Drinks
    Cuisine: Austrian, German, Hungarian
    Keyword: chamomile tea recipe, how to make chamomile tea
    Prep Time: 1 minute
    Cook Time: 7 minutes
    Total Time: 8 minutes
    Servings: 1 tea cup
    Calories: 2kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 1-2 Tablespoon Chamomile dried flowers
    • 1½ cup Water
    • Honey or Sugar or any other sweetener
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    Option 1 - steep with teabag/infuser

    • Boil your water. I like to use a water cooker for that.
    • Place whole dried chamomile flowers in a new empty tea bag or a tea infuser.
    • Place tea bag/infuser in a large cup and pour hot water over that.
    • Steep for about 5 minutes. Take out tea bag/infuser.
    • Enjoy your hot tea with a sweetener of your choice (or non)

    Option 2 - boil & strain

    • Bring a small pot with water to boil over the stovetop.
    • Add the dried chamomile flower buds to the cooking water.
    • Turn of the heat or take the pot from the stove.
    • Allow the flowers to steep for 5 minutes.
    • Take the infused herbal tea through a fine sieve and pour your ready and hot tea into a cup.
    • Sweeten your tea if you like and serve hot.

    Notes

    Dried chamomile flowers have small tiny yellow pieces in the core which detach in the hot water. Use a fine sieve/tea bag/infuser if possible or else you will have these tiny pieces in your tea. The image with the flowers in the tea was just show. 😛

    Equipment

    • water boiler or small pot to cook water
    • new empty tea bags or infusers (optional)

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Homemade Chamomile Tea Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 2 Calories from Fat 9
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 1g2%
    Saturated Fat 1g5%
    Sodium 18mg1%
    Carbohydrates 1g0%
    Protein 1g2%
    Vitamin A 288IU6%
    Vitamin C 4mg5%
    Calcium 11mg1%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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