u/chocolatebanancake

I tried making nettle tea from fresh leaves today and it tasted odd. Any advice on how to make my own nettle tea with fresh leaves?

Collected them in the forest (Urtica dioica or Urtica urens in case anyone is interested in the specific plant) and immediately went home to wash them and then let the leaves simmer in hot water for like 20-30 minutes. It just tasted like undercooked spinach with a handfull of leaves and grass ( I was told it'd taste very differently)