How to: Make Dandelion Tea 

Randomly discovered this on Pinterest, anxious to try it, yours is the best tutorial i came across bonus points for the ASMR voice

Thanks for making the tea outside, so we van experience the peace and hear the birds. 💕

Your voice is more calming than tea. Make more tea videos!!

Watching you pull off the petals and listening to your voice, very ASMR. Might try this, thanks.

I really need someone in my life who drinks fresh dandelion tea from a Star Trek mug. Great video!

birds chirping in the background were a nice touch!!!!

I find if you spread out the flowers on newspaper after picking them and leave them for an hour or so, the stems pop off the flower petals easily without so much labor.

Just a little HACK for you'all. The easiest way to get the green bottoms off and save as much yellow petals. Just pintch the bottom green between your thumb and index finger, then kinda squeeze and wiggle. All the yellow petals fallout and green is left whole to toss

I’ve found that if you let the newly picked flowers rest for a bit, then the flowers close up. This makes it easier to pull the yellow petals away from the green part.

I'm trying this now and because I'm lazy, i used scissors to cut the green end piece off and found after i did that the green leaves came off all in one piece. Made the process super easy.

I going to quit my job and start a business..dandelion flower business !!this is not a joke.. Flower Power!!!! ..60 lbs

OMG...So, there I Was this morning, in Southeastern NC, bored. We have unseasonably warm weather and I saw a few other videos about dandelion tea. I also have some wild garlic and onion patches in my yard. After watching a few other videos, I spent an hour outside crawling around picking dandelions. I excitedly went inside with my fresh harvest. I carefully rinsed them in cold water after soaking them for a minute or so to make sure no tiny insects were in there. Using a medium pot I boiled some water and added some fresh local honey I bought from the flea-market this past weekend. Mixed the dandelions and honey together, put it in the mason jar and topped it off with the hot water. After that I placed it in the fridge to cool off. I sat back in front of my computer and came upon your video....then chaos ensued. I didn't take the green parts off, simply put the dandelions in as I plucked them. I rushed back to the fridge, grabbed the jar (thinking I had time to fix the situation) and forgot the jar was still hot. I dropped it on the ground and the jar exploded at my bare feet. Luckily I wasn't cut and when I tried to tiptoe away I slipped and fell busting my ass on the floor. I am ok, not hurt no worries. But I wish I had seen your video first lol.

Thanks for confirming the peeling off the green part. It is time-consuming, but perhaps make enough for a week.

Your soft voice is as soothing as dandelion tea.

Got to love the birds going off in the background also

Thank you for that great explanation! Whenever I make a cup of dandelion tea, it tastes bitter, now I know the reason why! Thanks again.

This is the best tutorial I have found for dandelion tea by far! And your voice is so calming! Thank you!

I use my left hand to bouquet the pedals from the green base. Then pinch and roll with my right thumb and index finger the green away. Kinda like extinguishing the tip of a cigarette by pinch and rolling the ember away from the filter. Hope you have good technique now. 👍🏻

That's just crazy. I've been drinking dande tea for a while now and the green parts are barely noticeable. You can add some ginger and/or cilantro leaves and IF there's any bitterness left the ginger smooths it right out.

Just tried this. The green is not very hard to get off; it's fairly easy to find a method that works for you. The taste is between chamomile and peas. It's nice.

Wn they are fresh to separate just squeeze the green part between ur thumb and index and they will pop rite out.

That sticky substance inside bleeds out the root too and can be used as burn cream or antiseptic cream! 😁

THANK YOU! Finally directions. I was just throwing the hole flower and part of the stem in my tea.

Ohhh 😊 @4:00 (👈click the time )....the sound of the water being poured 🎶 🎵 🎶 and the birds singing .... also @5:13 the water pouring and then the reflection of the tree branches in the water poured into the cup .........wonderful 🥰 ❤️!!!

Thank you for this very well done video. I appreciate the soft spoken manner and simple instructions.

If you squish the very bottom of the green bit really hard it makes it easy to brush the petals out with your fingers

First time viewer. I love your mug! 🖖

If you don't plan to make your tea right away, how long can you keep the flower heads? & how should you keep them? Thank you very much for your time & effort in this video =D

I pick my dandelion flowers in the morning put them in a butter bowl put them in the freezer. And I make my coffee I throw three or four flowers in my coffee. After drinking my coffee I eat the flowers. I do that with each cup of coffee.

If you take the base of the flower, squeeze, and twist back an forth, it loosens the yellow part and will come out much easier and faster.

Great vid , i just pick em rinse em greens & all , sometimes bramble leaves nettle leaves or lemon balm , i keep a big mug to make mine in during the steep i scissor cut all ingredients to maximize taste vits etc.. honey if sour to you but honestly not needed ncheers..!

1:31 thank you, this is exactly what I was wondering. I've started collecting them.

I feel like you would make a swell friend. 👩🏼‍🌾

Fun video ! , It's the end of April ☔ and some of the Dandelion's are up . I'm going foraging for some flowers 🌻🌻🌻 and make a cup of tea 🍵

Hi thanks for the video, love it. Should you wash the Dandelion before you do all of this?

This was a lovely video- thank you so much! I love being outside and listening to the birds so everything about this video was just perfect to me.❤😍👍 Definitely liking and subscribing thank you again.

I use the whole plant....still makes delicious tea with organic honey.

Beautiful video beautiful calming voice. Thank you from Scotland. I needed this. Have depression kicking in and you were a god send. X

Nevertheless ur voice. I enjoyed it😉 It was very soothing like a bedtime story...🍵☕🍃🍂🌻 I will definitely try making the tea this way. Thank you🥰

Wow you have patience 🧐😂😂 well after a year of goin this method I decided to figure out a way to do it quicker and wit struggles😁I squeeze the green part around the petals firmly and jes pull the petals away...yeah my fingers change colors but the process is much much quicker😁

I remember riding in a car and a part of a public lawn had looked like there was a pillow fight where the pillows ruptured and got fluff all over. It was awesome. Probably a hundred Dandelions in their seeding stage

Omgosh, your voice. I was so calm watching this. Thank you!

Thank you alot kind stranger the tea was delicious :)

Just plucked up my dandelion before cutting the grass today and came on here to find out how to make tea ☕️ and your video is perfect! I plan to add some Agava in mine cause I prefer my tea sweet! 🤗 However I’m excited to try this! Thanks to this video I even purchased the Hario tea prepper you suggested! Thanks again! ❤️☺️

Doing some work in the yard today going to pick and try today . 🤘🇨🇦

Thank you for your video. I appreciate you. You have a very Lovely voice. That makes your video extra special.

This is really calming, I recently got and loose leaf tea infuser and I’m looking for ways to make loose leaf tea, this tutorial is great and I can’t wait till spring so I can try it

Pinching the base of the green and gripping all the petals at once seems to work for de-shelling idk why y’all are struggling 😭

Pinch all the yellow in your fingers, and with the other hand, snip off at the base of the yellow flowers. Scrape off the remaining green. However, I'll be willing to bet that the bitterness of the green is a concentrate of all the benefits a dandelion has to offer.

I use tweezers to pluck the petals starting from the center out.

I also add a few dandelion leaves to my food chopper when making smoothies and strain the resulting juice. I like it as long as I don't add too many leaves which would make the green taste too overpowering in the mixture. It's extraordinarily nutritious.

I just pulled the multiple flowers from the Top of each flower to remove them from the greens. It worked well.

Where I live dandelion grow like crazy can't wait to try this

the milky substance they bleed is latex, the same stuff that gets turned into natural rubber.

Instant subscribe due to Star Trek tea cup.

if you make the tea and ice it does it still taste good and give you the nutritional value

Excellent video on how to but you are going to have to RREEAALLYY want that tea. Very time consuming for two cups of tea. Love the birds brings a smile to your face and your voice is/was fine very soothing. Thank you for info. Jacquelyn

What about cleaning them first as out back where l live are foxes rats etc urinating all over the Dandelions?

You can cut the green part and it all comes off very quickly

I steeped more than 4 and it was still weak. Should I steep longer than 5 min? I just cut mine with scissors and picked the green out of if ended up in it.

I decided to go outside today and grab enough for a cup of tea. I started to expose the yellow flower from the green part and discovered a tiny knat type bug. Then I decided to wash the flowers first. Yeah, disaster. How do you get the bugs off?

I use the whole flower and I have not experienced any bitterness.

i did it and i took a sip and it was DELISHIOUS.

Great video! You’re voice is very soothing. I do have a question though, is it necessary to wash the flowers? If so, how would you go about it?

I wonder if you let it cool would it be a nice drink with ice or lemon!! Looks nice. Nice explaination. Your voice is calm and soothing!!

Thank for sharing this with us I feel that the things of this world are growing around us are here to help us find the healing of nature. And your MUG IS wonderful # May GOOD HEALTH and CLARITY of the MIND be your companion through life.

My mother has been doing it wrong the whole time she doesn't really take the green stuff off she basically just puts the whole flower in we don't really have a brewer but maybe the next time when more dandelions grow I'll try this tutorial also by the way thanks for the tutorial it's very helpful

Ive just started trying stuff like this. Google search keeps sayin dandelion root tea. Obviously you can use the flowerheads like you have. What about root and flowerhead together?

I leave the pods on and don’t notice any bitterness.

Love the Star Trek cup!!

I like your video is simplistic and to the point!

Thank you for the tutorial! I'm making this w my boys now. Last time ours was bitter bc I didn't know to remove the green parts of the flower. Thanks again! 🙂

3:58 The pouring water sounded delicious and made me thirsty

I don't know why but when I heard your voice I knew I had met you somewhere before. I love your tea!

That was awesome! Thank you so much for sharing.

Try adding a couple lemon balm leaves, yum🌱🌼

Trying this today, thanks for the tips

I would clean/soak them first...what about cat pee and parasites? Even if you are pouring boiling water on it

Can you pick a bunch of them and save them, dry them and such, and use them that way over the fall and winter? Will the nutritional properties remain once dry?

Amazing! I love Dandelion flower tea too! I am so glad to come to your channel! and I make Dandelion flower tea myself, too. I have video to prove it in my channel!

nice. I have school tomorrow, and I am not allowed to take my phone with me. my last question was with the beetle farm container you have for bones. this is cool to watch. sadly, I never had tea before. too hot for me. I was going to at my friends house, but had to leave too early to try it. I might share dis with him!

So we cant cut the green part with a scissor??

Should I wash the dandetion first to get rid of dust etc.

I heard people make tea from the leaves; is that very bitter as well? Would you just let them dry first?

I have a big former pasture as a front yard and its filled with dandelions. I am 65 with a bad back but I went out there today and picked as many as I could...lol I pinched off the stems and saw the white latex you spoke of but a few of mine had a brown sticky fluid in them. Is this the false dandelion someone spoke of in the comments ? If not, do u know why some is brown? I only picked larger flowers.

Thanks for your expertise.

Great video. I find that squeezing the bud between thumb and fingers it will loosen the pettles. Took me sum time to get that but glad I did

Could this also be made using the same method but with dry flowers? The stems and green leaves already removed of course~

Helpful video. Hubby would love the coffee mug lol.

I pinch at the stem and twist…Yellow petals will fall off in your hand

Does it work with a starwars cup.

The bitter part help lowering high blood sugar.

Thanks😍 can’t wait to do this!

Is it better with bees?

Hi, great video! What do you do with the rest of the dandelions you picked? Do you dry them out, store them in the fridge? I want to get a load but I have no idea how to 'preserve' them so they remain suitable for making tea. X

Poor dear, she apparently doesn't know about scissors.😆😆👍 Awesome awareness video. Dandelions are not weeds! Well, they are, but not really. Dandelions are food. Really delish food. I start in late March and harvest my lawn until they quit coming up. I haven't canned any yet ,but I've definitely thought about it. Dandelion jelly. Dandelion wine. Dandelion greens ,for the adventurous soul , you can even boil the root. It will give your bowels a good scrubbin' ,a scrubbin'.😆👍😁

This was soothing

Why not just cut the petals off?

Ran it trough my Mr. Coffee coffee maker two times. It worked pretty well.

Seeing as the dandelions only bloom for a short while, can you freeze them and use later? Great vid btw.