How to Make Herbal Sun Tea

Using the warmth of the sun during the day, you too could make some healthy, delicious sun tea from the herbs you’ve grown in your home garden.

Excerpted from Ready, Set, Grow! by DK BooksDorling Kindersley
Filed under: Recipes

Materials Needed:

variety of herbal leaves, flowers or stems
water
medium glass jar

1. Choose your herbs.

In the morning, pick 3 to 4 tablespoons of the fresh leaves, flowers or stems, depending on the herb you want to use, and put them into a jar. Be careful to choose the right parts of each herb to make different sun teas. We used the flowers and leaves of bergamot; stems and leaves of epazote; leaves of mint and lemon verbena together; leaves of lemon balm and catnip together; leaves of borage; and leaves of lemon grass cut into 2-inch (5 cm) lengths.

2. Steep your herbs.

Add 2 to 3 cups (1/2 liter) of water. Put the lid of the jar on securely and shake the mixture thoroughly. Leave the jar in a place that gets full sunlight. Shake the jar every now and then throughout the day.