Lavender Tea: Health Benefits And How To Brew Properly

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How to Make Lavender Tea Properly

By Jee Choe

Updated Mar 13, 2025

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Lavender tea is a caffeine-free drink made from dried lavender flower buds. Get step-by-step directions, from a certified Tea Sommelier, on the proper way to brew this floral beverage.

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Table of Contents

• Lavender Tea
• Note from Jee
• Recipe Summary
• Ingredient Notes
• Step-by-Step Instructions
• Tea Sommelier’s Tips
• Related
• Lavender Tea Recipe

Lavender Tea

Lavender tea is an herbal tea (also known as a tisane) made by steeping dried lavender flower buds in water. It’s caffeine-free. Always use food-grade lavender to make sure they weren’t treated with pesticides.

There are over 40 species of lavender and the English and French species are the most commonly used to make lavender tea. The flowers and buds of lavender are purple, resulting in a slightly purple-hued drink.

Note from Jee

I’ve seen lavender tea on menus and I always look to see if they’re caffeine-free or not. Sometimes they’re made with black tea and sometimes they’re just lavender buds in water. To make sure I’m getting the drink I want, I always check to see what’s in the drink.

I want to make a note about the color of this tea. Since it’s lavender, you may expect a purple-colored tea, but it’s more like a beige, lightly purple color.

Recipe Summary

• A step-by-step guide to making the perfect lavender tea.
• The recipe has been tested and tasted so there is just the right amount of lavender.
• The tea is made with loose lavender tea but tea bags or sachets can also be used. Measurements are included in the recipe.

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Ingredient Notes

• Lavender tea: Loose lavender tea is higher in quality than tea bags so I like to use loose lavender when possible. The more whole lavender buds you can see, the better the quality.
• Water: Better water makes for better tea so use filtered water if possible.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Boil water. Using an electric kettle with temperature settings to boil water for tea makes it easy to get the water temperature just right. Boil more than needed since you want extra to warm up the teapot.

Step 2: Pour some hot water into a teapot and swirl it around a bit. Discard the water. This will warm up the teapot, to get it ready for a proper steep.

Step 3: Put lavender tea into the teapot and add hot water. Cover teapot and steep.

Step 4: Strain lavender buds and pour hot tea into a teacup.

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Tea Sommelier’s Tips

Don’t add too much lavender.The most important thing to remember about making lavender tea is to resist adding too many lavender buds. The taste will be too strong and won’t be pleasant to drink.

Lavender tea doesn’t get bitter if steeped for longer.Herbal teas like lavender are a lot easier to brew than other types of teas (like green tea) since it doesn’t get overly bitter if brewed for longer than 5 minutes. Steep the tea for longer if you want a stronger lavender flavor.

Serve lavender tea with or without sugar.Both hot and iced lavender tea can be had without sugar or milk but if you want to sweeten, use simple syrup, which will easily dissolve into the drink.

Can be brewed with black tea.To make lavender with black tea, add a tea sachet or 1 ½ teaspoons of loose black tea. Lavender also goes great with Earl Grey tea or chamomile.

Store it properly.Lavender tea can be brewed and stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Keep it covered or airtight glass container or pitcher.

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Related

• Peppermint Tea
• Hibiscus Tea
• Rooibos Tea
• Top 10 Tea Sommelier Tips To Make A Better Cup Of Tea
• Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

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Lavender Tea

By: Jee Choe How to make lavender tea properly. Prep Time: 2 minutes minutesTotal Time: 7 minutes minutesYield: 1 serving

Ingredients 1x2x3x

• ▢ 1 cup water, + more to warm teapot
• ▢ ½ teaspoon lavender tea, or 1 tea sachet or tea bag

Instructions

• Boil water.If using an electric kettle with temperature setting, set it to 208°F. Boil a little more water than needed so that it can be used to warm up the teapot. Filtered water is best.
• Warm up teapot.Pour hot water into a teapot, halfway, and swirl it around a bit. Discard the water.Warming up the teapot is an extra step that all tea professionals take the time to do, so that when the tea steeps, the water temperature won't drop drastically.
• Put lavender tea into the teapot and add hot water. Cover teapot and steep for 5 minutes.
• Strain lavender buds and pour hot tea into a teacup.

Notes

• Use loose tea instead of tea bags for a better quality cup of tea.
• To make lavender with black tea, add a tea sachet or 1 ½ teaspoons of loose black tea.
• The most important thing to remember about making lavender tea is to resist adding too many lavender buds. The taste will be too strong and won’t be pleasant to drink.
• Herbal teas like lavender are a lot easier to brew than other types of teas (like green tea) since it doesn’t get overly bitter if brewed for longer than 5 minutes.
• Lavender tea can be brewed and stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Keep it covered or airtight glass container or pitcher.

Nutrition

Calories: 1Carbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSodium: 12mgVitamin A: 8IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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