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Recipe: Thistle Tea
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Thistle Tea
“Teaches you how to brew Thistle Tea.”
Sell price: 50 copper
Current price
1,499 gold95 silver
- Cheapest realm right now is 91% under the 72-realm average.live market
- Listings are down 70% from their 7 day average (1 vs 3 units).live market
- Today's price is on the high side: only 2% of recorded snapshots were pricier.live market
Recipe: Thistle Tea Price History on Burning Blade
Burning Blade Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Burning Blade Auction House3Units listed
3Sellers
1,499 gold95 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Recipe: Thistle Tea's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 32,852 gold57 silver across its tracked history (Oct 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 5,691 gold86 silver to 3,550,000 gold. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 95% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 32,852 gold57 silver.
Recipe: Thistle Tea Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Thistle Tea
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Used In
The 1 recipe below uses Recipe: Thistle Tea.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thistle Tea | Thistle Tea | 1 |
Teaches
Creates 
Thistle Tea
Using Recipe: Thistle Tea teaches this recipe. The Classic Cooking recipe Thistle Tea takes 1 Swiftthistle and 1 Refreshing Spring Water.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Cooking (60)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Thistle Tea
Recipe: Thistle Tea teaches the Classic Cooking recipe Thistle Tea, which makes Thistle Tea. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 2g 76s, and Swiftthistle is the largest share at 99%. Thistle Tea lists from 5g 50s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 2g 46s after the 5% auction cut, a 89% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Recipe: Thistle Tea itself (922g 64s, the lowest of 71 realms listing it) is paid back after 375 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Cooking skill 100 and grey at 140.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Swiftthistle | 1 | 2 gold74 silver | 2 gold74 silver |
 Refreshing Spring Water | 1 | 2 silver | 2 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 2 gold76 silver | ||
| Thistle Tea at its lowest listing | 5 gold50 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 2 gold46 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Swiftthistle goes into 5 other recipes in Alchemy, including Elixir of Lesser Agility, Elixir of Minor Agility, Holy Protection Potion and Swiftness Potion.
- Refreshing Spring Water goes into 15 other recipes across Cooking and Engineering, including Empty Kettle of Stone Soup, Slumbering Peacebloom Tea, Zesty Water and Highland Spirits.
Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest US Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Recipe: Thistle Tea in required skill among Recipe > Cooking, all from Classic like Recipe: Thistle Tea.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Thistle Tea (this item) | Thistle Tea | 60 | 922 gold on 71 realms |
| Recipe: Blood Sausage |  Blood Sausage | 60 | 4 gold on 79 realms |
| Recipe: Crunchy Spider Surprise |  Crunchy Spider Surprise | 60 | 2 silver on 78 realms |
| Recipe: Goretusk Liver Pie |  Goretusk Liver Pie | 50 | 4 gold on 79 realms |
| Recipe: Strider Stew |  Strider Stew | 50 | 15 gold on 76 realms |
| Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper |  Longjaw Mud Snapper | 50 | 4 gold on 78 realms |
| Recipe: Loch Frenzy Delight |  Loch Frenzy Delight | 50 | 4 gold on 51 realms |
| Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore |  Rainbow Fin Albacore | 50 | 3 gold on 79 realms |
| Recipe: Bat Bites |  Bat Bites | 50 | 15 gold on 75 realms |
| Recipe: Crocolisk Steak |  Crocolisk Steak | 80 | 44 silver on 80 realms |
| Recipe: Smoked Bear Meat |  Smoked Bear Meat | 40 | 99 silver on 78 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Recipe: Crunchy Spider Surprise at 2 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Recipe: Thistle Tea in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Recipe: Thistle Tea is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Recipe: Thistle Tea next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Recipe: Thistle Tea in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Recipe: Thistle Tea is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- What level is Recipe: Thistle Tea in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Recipe: Thistle Tea is common quality, item level 15 with no level requirement.
- What does Recipe: Thistle Tea sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 50c for one Recipe: Thistle Tea in Classic Era.
- How much is Recipe: Thistle Tea on the auction house right now?
- 1,499g 95s on Burning Blade, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Recipe: Thistle Tea