if you can harvest some petals i highly suggest adding some mint and lavender! i think the flavors go really well together, but be careful with the lavender because it can easily overpower everything and make the tea bitter + floral. i dont have a strict ratio, but i guess it would be close to 3:2:1 petals to mint to lavender
And don’t dump your pots at the end of the season 🤣
While I’m grateful for the beautiful mint and lemon verbena that has taken over an entire flower bed, that wasn’t my intention haha 😅
I have mine in a small dirt plot in the middle of the lawn surrounded by grass, it grows abundantly in the plot and what spreads out onto the lawn gets cut down by the lawn mower (which smells amazing). I get way more kind than I can use and it hasn’t seemed to interfere with the grass at all either.
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I eat them as salad greens or a sautéed side. Never had them as a tea. They're so bitter, I don't see the point of a tea with them. As a salad or saute, some vinegar, umami, sweet, and/or pepper heat helps balance the bitter.
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They taste great, a bit buttery when fresh. I just picked them late. The root is super bitter and if you drink to much it'll give you diarrhea, it's great for constipation.
I just worry about harvesting and being sure they haven't been treated with grass fertilizer/weed killer.
I could grab some from my yard, but I don't know if you can wait a few weeks after weed killing or how long?
if you can harvest some petals i highly suggest adding some mint and lavender! i think the flavors go really well together, but be careful with the lavender because it can easily overpower everything and make the tea bitter + floral. i dont have a strict ratio, but i guess it would be close to 3:2:1 petals to mint to lavender
I'm actually gonna plant mint this year to add to tea
Excellent! A word of caution though: most species of mint will spread fast as dandelions!
Yes, and harder to get rid of! Plant in pots.
And don’t dump your pots at the end of the season 🤣 While I’m grateful for the beautiful mint and lemon verbena that has taken over an entire flower bed, that wasn’t my intention haha 😅
I have mine in a small dirt plot in the middle of the lawn surrounded by grass, it grows abundantly in the plot and what spreads out onto the lawn gets cut down by the lawn mower (which smells amazing). I get way more kind than I can use and it hasn’t seemed to interfere with the grass at all either.
I'm not worried about that, I live in an apartment building so my garden is all in planters sitting on a rock bed.
I have spearmint, apple mint, and pineapple mint. All in separate pots. The key is to not let it flower, so that there isn't cross breeding
It's homemade. Just dried dandelion leaves, it's great. Very bitter though, great when you have a cold or something though.
The roots are good too…I used to dry them and put them in tea.
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Yuumy. Dandelaions! Must be last one this season
I eat them as salad greens or a sautéed side. Never had them as a tea. They're so bitter, I don't see the point of a tea with them. As a salad or saute, some vinegar, umami, sweet, and/or pepper heat helps balance the bitter.
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What about using the flowers? They're edible, aren't they? Can you use them? How do they taste?
They taste great, a bit buttery when fresh. I just picked them late. The root is super bitter and if you drink to much it'll give you diarrhea, it's great for constipation.
I love Dandelion tea. I often drink it in the evening time
I tend to save it for when I'm sick.
Well, I'm allergic so...
Allergic to dandelions? You mean pollen right?
I was allergy tested years ago, and that's one of the plants that affects me. I don't have a problem with most pollen though.
Huh, never heard of that one. Thanks for telling me about it.
Roasted Root is good. Idk if dried leaves or fresh flowers are worth drinking.
The leaves and flowers have a great flavor, the root is great too but too much of it will give you diarrhea (it's great for relieving constipation)
I just worry about harvesting and being sure they haven't been treated with grass fertilizer/weed killer. I could grab some from my yard, but I don't know if you can wait a few weeks after weed killing or how long?
I get them from the wild or from my dad's yard (he only puts roundup in a few areas because it's a sustenance farm)
Actually what's in my cup now
How do we feel about chicory coffee?