Simple rose tea recipes for summer

 Rose is one of the most beautiful edible flowers with a nice fragrance and many health benefits.  People have used roses for the decorations, food, and cosmetics for more than 2000 years. If you can find clean roses without pesticide and be able to consume it, let’s make some rose teas. If you don’t have fresh roses you also use dried roses instead. Dried roses have a stronger fragrance and are very easy to use. I love making a cup of fresh roses or dried roses in the morning or evening. Roses can relax your mind and reduce stress. Today I will share with you some of my favourite rose tea recipes. They are all very simple and don’t take so much time to make. One cup of warm rose tea can relax your mind, reduce stress, and also give you many health benefits.

What can we do with roses?

Rose petals are very rich in vitamins and have a regenerative effect on the skin. That is a reason why rose water works very well as natural lotion. Roses can also fight colds and flues, as well as for digestive problems, freeing the body of toxins. Rose has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, soothing, healing and diuretic properties .People use only the rose petals in many rose tea recipes but it is quite wasteful. I like to use the whole rose buds including petals and all other parts. From May to October I collect, then dry or freeze small rose buds for the winter. Dried roses have a stronger smell than the frozen roses and are very easy to keep. Frozen roses have fresher fragrance and might still keep some vitamins. 

In September when rose hips are ready I can make rose hips to make wine then use the rose hips pulp to make light dessert. Rose hips contain a high amount of vitamin C and are the second best fruit to make wine behind the grapes.

Rose tea recipes

In this post I use the forest rose (Rosa majalis) and half wild rose (Rosa acicularis) grow in Finland.   

White rose steaming with rock sugar

In Vietnam people can steam the fresh white rose petal with rock sugar or honey to reduce coughing in the children.

Petals of 5 – 6 white roses

1 tsp of sugar or honey

Put it all into a small cup and steam it for 5 minutes. This is very old folk medicine in Vietnam to reduce the cough for the kids. Rose petals and honey have anti-inflammation and antibacterial qualities. You can try to use it for children older than 3 if you do not want to use medicine. 

Simple rose tea with honey

Rose tea with honey is a very simple tea recipe. You can use morning rose and brew with fresh boiling water. Wait for 8 minutes and serve it with honey. If you don’t like honey you can drink the rose tea alone. I always drink this tea without honey but you can add honey if you want. You can use both fresh and dried rose to brew the tea. dried roses have a deeper and calmer fragrance. Fresh rose has a lighter fragrance but more vitamin and nutrition.

1 tsp of dried rose buds/4 or 5 fresh roses

250ml boiling water

Brew the rose for 8 minutes then serve with honey or sugar but I usually drink tea without sugar or honey as I like the light taste and fragrant of roses. 

Rose tea with Sage

Rose tea with Sage is the Mediterranean tea recipe. You can use both dried and fresh rose and sage to make this tea. With the dried flower I use dried sage and rose tea

1 tsp Sage

Rose tea with honey is a very simple tea recipe. You can use morning rose and brew with fresh boiling water. Wait for 8 minutes and serve it with honey. If you don’t like honey you can drink the rose tea alone. I always drink this tea without honey but you can add honey if you want. You can use both fresh and dried rose to brew the tea. dried roses have a deeper and calmer fragrance. Fresh rose has a lighter fragrance but more vitamin and nutrition.

1 tsp of dried rose buds/4 or 5 fresh roses

250ml boiling water

Brew the rose for 8 minutes then serve with honey or sugar but I usually drink tea without sugar or honey as I like the light taste and fragrant of roses. 

Rose tea with Sage

Rose tea with Sage is the Mediterranean tea recipe. You can use both dried and fresh rose and sage to make this tea. With the dried flower I use dried sage and rose tea

1 tsp Sage

Rose tea with honey is a very simple tea recipe. You can use morning rose and brew with fresh boiling water. Wait for 8 minutes and serve it with honey. If you don’t like honey you can drink the rose tea alone. I always drink this tea without honey but you can add honey if you want. You can use both fresh and dried rose to brew the tea. dried roses have a deeper and calmer fragrance. Fresh rose has a lighter fragrance but more vitamin and nutrition.

1 tsp of dried rose buds/4 or 5 fresh roses

250ml boiling water

Brew the rose for 8 minutes then serve with honey or sugar but I usually drink tea without sugar or honey as I like the light taste and fragrant of roses. 

Rose tea with Sage

Rose tea with Sage is the Mediterranean tea recipe. You can use both dried and fresh rose and sage to make this tea. With the dried flower I use dried sage and rose tea

1 tsp Sage

Rose tea with honey is a very simple tea recipe. You can use morning rose and brew with fresh boiling water. Wait for 8 minutes and serve it with honey. If you don’t like honey you can drink the rose tea alone. I always drink this tea without honey but you can add honey if you want. You can use both fresh and dried rose to brew the tea. dried roses have a deeper and calmer fragrance. Fresh rose has a lighter fragrance but more vitamin and nutrition.

1 tsp of dried rose buds/4 or 5 fresh roses

250ml boiling water

Brew the rose for 8 minutes then serve with honey or sugar but I usually drink tea without sugar or honey as I like the light taste and fragrant of roses. 

Rose tea with Sage

Rose tea with Sage is the Mediterranean tea recipe. You can use both dried and fresh rose and sage to make this tea. With the dried flower I use dried sage and rose tea

1 tsp Sage