Lavender has lots of culinary uses but one of the easiest and simplest ways to enjoy it’s aroma and taste is to make Fresh Lavender Tea!
Which Lavender Makes The Best Lavender Tea
My preferred type of lavender for making an infusion of Lavender tea is Hidcote Lavender.
How To Harvest Your Lavender To Make Lavender Tea
The key thing when harvesting lavender from your garden is not to use any lavender that has not been in your garden for at least a year. That’s to make sure that any pesticide residue that shop garden/nursery bought lavender has completely
How To Make Lavender Tea
Gently pick your lavender and gently run it under cold water to remove any bugs, dust and dirt. Leave enough stem so it sticks out of the cup a little like a teaspoon. Boil some water and pour over the lavender and leave to stew until strong enough.
You can play with the strength by adding more or less flower heads.
The pigment from the petals will bleed into the water giving it a beautiful colour which will deepen the stronger it is. It’s also nice served cold with or without ice and a slice.
Watch the video below for some more great ideas to do with your garden lavender. The links to the blog posts are below the video.
And if you’re interested in another fantastic tea you can make using flowers from your garden, head over to A Beautiful Space to read about the Benefits of Drinking Dandelion Tea!
- Red Ted Art – I love these Lavender Wands. So pretty and would look great attached to a present. She also showed some simple Kid friendly no sew Lavender Pillows or there are some easy sew Lavender Cushions for more able kids. And she also has some Lavender Sugar
- Kids Chaos – Yummy Lavender Scones. Perfect for Summer picnics.
- BlueBearWood – I’ve got some tasty Lavender Cookies and some Lavender Sugar That is slightly different to RedTedArt (post to come)
- Domestic Goddesque – Made some very clever Lavender fans and an easy Lavender Body Scrub.
- Me And My Shadow – Sadly had some technical issues but has blogged how to make some delicious Homemade Lavender Lemonade
Sounds totally gorgeous.