Pine Needles Tea Recipe and How To Take How to make pine needles tea? It is really as simple as it sounds. Add 1 – 2 teaspoons of pine needles into a teapot and stir, cove and leave the tea to stand for 5 to 10 minutes. Strain and drink one to three times per day. Apart from pine needle tea medicinal benefits explained above, the house will smell lovely, the tea will be tasty, and you will feel a momentarily transfer to a green, peaceful forest.