Eucalyptus Tea

Do you snore?

Great! Thanks for stopping by! I’ve got just what you need.

I was on the winding road to Tamales Bay the other day to eat oysters, and drink a cold beverage, and drink oysters, and the air smelled incredible.

It was the eucalyptus trees. I opened every roof and window in the car. And sucked it in. Then I stopped and ate twelve more oysters. Life was good.

Then, hours later, I was trolling the glossy aisles of a grocery store and happened upon the tea section. All of the teas at my eye level were… nine dollars.

I wept. Then I gathered myself together and went home and realized that there was absolutely no reason that I couldn’t make my own tea. For free. Tea for free.

I’d harvested some eucalyptus leaves during the drive and there they were staring at me begging to be turned into tea.

Eucalyptus does have incredible medicinal properties… it combats:

snoring
fevers
infections
colds
sore throats
weeping in the grocery aisles

And it makes your house smell like a hotel spa. So you can cross that off your grocery list too now.

Here’s the thing about Eucalyptus. It is considered toxic yet beneficial at once. It’s in many creams and cough drops but in large quantities it’s too much. You really want to keep your cats and dogs and children away from it the most. And enjoy it occasionally in a brew.

You drop them into a pot of water and bring them to a boil. Once they boil you let them steep.

Then you strain and are left with a pale green, aromatic tea that is faintly sweet. Give it a try sometime soon.

If you don’t have a eucalyptus tree handy or you don’t snore and therefore have no interest in this tea, do not fear. I have more tea recipes coming up. In the meantime, make these chicken wings.

To learn more pioneer skills like this, come to our pickling class this weekend in the Bay Area, it’s going to be FUN: (type in “pickledpeppers” for the secret discount)

Print Recipe

“Eucalyptus Tea”

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Total Time25 minutes mins

Servings: 2 cups tea

Ingredients

• 4 Eucalyptus leaves torn
• 2 cups water

Instructions

• Wash the eucalyptus leaves and place them in a pot with water and bring to a boil.
• Turn off the heat and let them steep for 15 minutes. Reheat if necessary and strain into a cup.