If your cup of tea is sitting open on the counter most of the beneficial compounds in herbal tea are floating away into your kitchen. You’re steeping the benefit right out of your tea and then losing it into the air. Cover your cup while it steeps so the steam condenses back down and those compounds go back into your tea where they belong. The rest of the rules: → Steep 8–10 minutes minimum for most herbal teas, not 2 → Use filtered water if you can because chlorine affects delicate flavor compounds → Add raw honey after steeping, not before since heat may destroy the enzymes (and maybe don’t use a metal spoon like I did here 😆) Let me know if you want my guide to growing a tea garden 🌿 #herbaltea #teabrewing #teagarden #herbalremedies #tealovers