I’ve been doing Important Research on this matter of echinacea tea (and now I’ve typed that word so many times I finally know how to spell it). I do this all for you, dear readers. The recipe I printed out indicated that it’s even better with fresh flowers. I decided to use the petals and leaves from two flowers, as well as a few mint leaves and a lemongrass leaf.
It’s a fairly uncomplicated process: boil water, throw in the stuff, simmer for 5 minutes and strain.
While I was waiting I took a photo of the denuded flowers because I didn’t want their beauty to go to waste.
I didn’t have the courage to try the tea unsweetened so I added about a tablespoon of sugar (no judgment, please).
The verdict: Fairly tasty tea, although it might be said that I could have picked just about anything and thrown it into boiling water and come up with the same verdict after adding a tablespoon of sugar to it. I never said that my Important Research was going to be conducted with scientific rigor. It didn’t seem particularly piney, but I could definitely taste the mint.
This has been a Tea Study conducted by lynniebeemuseoday. Let me know if you think there are other things growing in the yard that I should make into tea.
I’ll probably delete this in the good old a.m.
Lynniebeemuseoday 
Camomile! I made it a few years ago- yes, fresh is best. Add mint if you want, and(I am not judging), but try honey- at least there is less guilt! 🙂
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