Colds
Yarrow Evening
A bitter, old-field cup for a feverish night.
Yarrow is a hedgerow plant with a long kitchen-apothecary life: a hot, bitter cup when you feel feverish and chilled at once. Peppermint makes it less stern.
- Steep
- 10 min
- Water
- 93°C / 200°F
- Caffeine
- None
Taste · Bitter, green, faintly anise
Ingredients
1 cup
- Organic yarrow flowering tops1 tsp
- Organic peppermint1 tsp
Method
- 1
Steep covered 10 minutes. Drink hot, then rest.
- 2
Not a tea for every week of the year.
Why this cup
- Traditional hot cup at the first ache-all-over evening
- Bitter on purpose
- Best as a short course
Go gently
- Skip in pregnancy. Daisy-family allergy applies.
- Can increase bleeding — skip before surgery and with blood thinners.
- Not for children. Not a treatment for high fever.
Steep timer
10:00
