Dittany of Crete

One of the most significant herbs of Crete with great therapeutic and healing value. Dittany’s purple flowers make a delicious tea with an oregano taste. Our Dittany tea will amaze you!
Dittany is an endemic herb of Crete and has many healing properties.

The phenol carvacrol content of Dittany offers:
• Αntibacterial
• Αntimicrobial
• Αntifungal properties
• It is used as oxytocic, antirheumatic and stomachic.
• A cup of Dittany Tea can be used to treat aching stomach, menstrual pains and as a diuretic.
• A warm beverage strengthens the heart muscles and arteries and acts as menstrual tonic.
• Tip#1: A hot cup of our Dittany tea with a tablespoon of honey and a cinnamon stick will soothe your cough!
• Tip#2: Combine it with Malotira or Cretan Sage tea for an immunity boosting sensation!
• Although it is not a medicine and should not be treated like one, this amazing herb has a lot to offer to your body and well-being.

HOT BEVERAGE
1. Place 1g of dried herb (a tablespoon) in a closing teapot.
2. Add 200ml (a cup) of hot water, temperature 90 C*.
3. We wait for three to five minutes letting the herb take the hidden power out of it!Time depends on how “strong” we want our drink, the more leave it the stronger.
4. Remove the herb from the teapot.

Our drink is ready to enjoy!If you prefer flavour, add honey!
*We want our water to be just before the boiling point in order not to lose the essential oils of our herb with the steam, while the utensil must be closed in order to capture properties and aromas in our hot cup.

COLD BEVERAGE
Follow the steps as in the preparation of the hot with the only difference that we double the dose of the herb.
At the end we add our tea to a glass full of ice and enjoy it pure or with honey!