Comments on: Dandelion Tea Recipe

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:47:41 +0000

Hi Robbye, Thank you for writing. What a ratio: many kinds of supplements, to many kinds of tea! What is the name of the supplement? Where did you buy it?

We do not sell anything. The advertisements on http://www.dandeliontea.org help defray the cost of running our website if a person clicks on an ad and then purchases from that store. We are thankful to receive a percent from the sale.

We appreciate visitors. And the visitors who shop off of our website – thank you! Your support helps us keep going. It’s a real supplement that makes a cup of tea.

I do look forward to hearing back from you! Ruth

By: Robbye Chasteen

Robbye Chasteen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:11:40 +0000

I bought the supplement instead of tea bags. What ratio to a cup of tea should I use?

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:43:49 +0000

Hi, Toya,
Thank you for writing about one of dandelion’s most famous characteristics and the main reason for many of its nicknames: indeed, dandelion tea can certainly prompt urination!
Ruth

By: TOYA

TOYA — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:05:43 +0000

After drinking the dandelion tea does it make you urinate?

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:06:26 +0000

Dear Margaret,

So glad to hear from you! What good news you write! Wow, 2 large tubs of good dandelions!? Awesome! You sound like a great cook! (Can I come over and eat?) I would love to hear how you prepared & enjoyed the dandelions! Thank you again! Ruth

By: Margaret Rose Corbet

Margaret Rose Corbet — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:50:40 +0000

Dear Ruth June 13’2011.
I am overwhelmed by the enthusiesm of everyone. I,like the experience of Dale was just about to dump 2 large tubs of good Dandelions into the dunpster when I saw what my mom fed us when the garden greens were not up yet. I stopped an grabbed some large buckets and started filling them with all I could get out of the paths between the Garden boxes and walkways around the buildings.
Here in Lacombe,AB.CA. I do hope and pray that the city is not bullied into poisoning our medicine/healthfood supply, while out on Neighborhood Patrol, reporting un-manicured lawns.
I am letting my neighbors know that they can pick my patch. I pulled 2 large bags of them out of my Raspberries & back yard where we seeded them about 4-5 years ago. They will soon be up again with tender leaves ready to pick again. I have 8 bags I saved yesterday to prepare for the freezer. The next is for drying for my home made Barley-greens from green grain and Angelica, and greens , dried & powdered for Winter’s Liquid Breakfasts. I would like people to know the Dandelions are in danger of being poisoned by the uneducated city workers. GO-OG. Children & critters will thank you & most of us Grannies who learned how to feed the earth so it will feed us.
Organic is safe to eat.
Tomorrow I try the tea and eat the greens. Lemon & honey will be nice to add. I’ll remember the Baking soada my mom used for all wild greens.
Margaret.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:11:10 +0000

Hi, Georgia,

Thank you for writing and for what you said! As a side to your question, dandelions being a staple dish indeed had a quite lovely effect on YOU coming into the world, right?! Dandelions are food, not a medicine or drug. Dandelions are good and healthy, one of the most nutritious foods on earth!

Wishing you all the best, I would love to hear of any “new developments”!

Ruth

By: Georgia

Georgia — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:59:57 +0000

I’m so happy to hear about all the benefits of dandelions. Growing up in a greek household a staple dish is dandelions! Boils a bunch of dandelions, draine (as pointed out with all the benefits keep the rest as dandelion tea!) place boiled dandelions in a bowl add olive oil, salt, and squeeze lemon to taste and you’ve got a great easy healthy side dish!
One question, is it safe to drink dandelion tea when trying to conceive?

Thanks for the great info!
Georgia

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 31 May 2011 19:36:40 +0000

Hi Dale,

Great to hear from you with your great, time-tested method of harvesting dandelions! I hope by now that you have rescued the wonderful dandelions from the heap in the container. Are dandelions worth it? “I’ll say!”

How to tell a dandelion? To view some of the most beautiful art and photographic prints I’ve ever seen, click on the Allposters link on our website page. And then type dandelions in their search box to see exactly what gorgeous dandelions look like – they have hundreds of magnificent, inspiring images.

You are right: dandelion leaves have various shapes, from a rather rounded tear-drop shape, to deeply-toothed and notched edges and margins. How wonderful! Some say deeper notches have more “bite”.

Lots of blooming plants have seed puffballs, but the dandelion has “perfected” the technique and is the most famous example.

As to taste, the plant is less bitter before blooming (and after the first frost). I eat dandelions year ’round. They taste best to me when I am eating them, and I like to eat the blooms. (My neighbors like me to eat the blooms, too!)

I’d love to hear feedback from you on those dandelions, Dale! Ruth

By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:40:00 +0000

Using a pitchfork, I have just finished purging my yard of many compound dandelions and tossing in the yard waste container. I was so tickled with this effective way of getting the critters out of my yard that I wondered if there was so dialogue about how great it works. Found this site and now I’m wondering if I should go out and dig through the container. I pulled entire roots, and with several plants growing in a single clump, the roots looked like taproot systems. So, are the taste and health benefits really worth it? I have plenty more. Also, how do I know which are dandelions? The leaves often look a bit different. Is the puff ball of seeds the only sure way to tell it’s a dandelion? I suspect the taste is better before flowering.

This is really weird information.

dale