For ordinary drinking, freshly brewed tea remains the easiest option.
Common Rosemary Tea Mistakes
Using an excessive amount of rosemary: This is probably the easiest way to ruin the drink. Start small.
Steeping indefinitely: Longer
isn’t
automatically better. Excessive steeping can produce an unpleasantly harsh flavor.
Boiling the herb aggressively: For this simple recipe, pouring hot water over rosemary and allowing it to steep is sufficient.
Adding too much honey: Rosemary has an interesting flavor of its own. Try not to bury it completely beneath sweetness.
Treating tea like medicine: Perhaps the most important mistake is assuming that an enjoyable herbal drink automatically functions as a treatment for medical conditions.
What Rosemary Tea Can—and Cannot—Realistically Do
Rosemary has been used traditionally for generations, and the plant contains numerous naturally occurring compounds that continue to interest researchers.
That doesn’t mean every health claim attached to rosemary tea online has been demonstrated in humans.
