Infusion of Dandelion Leaves and Flowers

• 1). Cut the leaves and flowers from a dandelion. Wash them thoroughly in a bowl of water. Let them sit in the water for a few minutes, rub them with your hands and then rinse the leaves and flowers with fresh water.
  
  
• 2). Shake the water off and towel-dry the dandelion pieces. Place the leaves and flowers in a piece of cheesecloth and tie it into a bundle. Tie a string around it and hang it to air-dry for at least one week.
  
  
• 3). Chop the dried dandelion. Crumble it with your hands or chop it in a food processor. Put the dandelion in a mason jar.
  
  
• 4). Place a teaspoon of dandelion in a tea ball and set it in a teacup. Or you can place the dandelion directly into the cup.
  
  
• 5). Boil water and gradually pour it into the cup until it is almost full. Stir and cover the cup for a few minutes.
  
  
• 6). Remove the tea ball or strain the dandelion tea into a clean teacup and sweeten it to your taste.
  
  

Decoction of Dandelion Roots and Leaves

• 1). Bring a medium pot of water to boil. Cut the root and leaves from a dandelion.
  
  
• 2). Soak the dandelion root and leaves in a bowl of water to loosen the dirt.
  
  
• 3). Rinse the root and leaves thoroughly and dry them with a towel.
  
  
• 4). Chop the root and leaves on a cutting board and place them in the pot with the boiling water.
  
  
• 5). Cover the pot and allow the dandelion to boil for 10 minutes.
  
  
• 6). Remove the pot from the burner and let it stand for at least one hour.
  
  
• 7). Heat the tea again for a few minutes. Strain the dandelion tea and sweeten it to your taste.