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Fresh flat-leaf parsley with a pale cup
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Parsley Cup

A handful of the garnish, used on purpose.

Parsley tea is a bunch of organic flat-leaf parsley steeped like mint. Traditional water herb, very green. This is a sometimes cup, not a daily litre — the kitchen already uses it as food.

Steep
6 min
Water
90°C / 195°F
Caffeine
None

Taste · Green, mineral, peppery

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Ingredients

1 cup

  • Fresh organic flat-leaf parsleya small handful, chopped
  • Lemon wheel1

Method

  1. 1

    Steep 5–7 minutes. Strain.

  2. 2

    Do not make a strong daily pot.

Why this cup

  • A bright green cup from a plant you already own
  • Traditionally used as a gentle water tea
  • Lemon belongs here

Go gently

  • Skip in pregnancy — concentrated parsley is not a pregnancy tea.
  • Kidney disease: ask first. Not a treatment for infection.
  • Culinary handfuls in food are a different, gentler use.

Steep timer

6:00

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