Is crafting Thistle Tea profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Alliance, trusted material cost is 2s 93c and trusted sale is 2s 99c, for about -9c profit per craft (-3% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Thistle Tea?

Material cost for Thistle Tea is about 2s 93c on US & AU Normal · Alliance, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Thistle Tea craft profit · ahprice flips

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Thistle Tea

Craft flip · Cooking · skill 60 · US & AU Normal · Alliance

Profitⓘ−9c

Marginⓘ-3%

Mat cost2s 93c

Sale2s 99c

Make Thistle Tea (Cooking, skill 60).

Buy 1 Swiftthistle at 2s 88c each (141 are listed)
Buy 1 Refreshing Spring Water from a vendor at 5c each, sold 5 for 25c

54 are listed at 2s 99c, so a craft clears about -9c over the 2s 93c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Material cost 2s 93c. Trusted sale 2s 99c. Profitⓘ 9c under cost (-3%). 54 are listed. Latest listing 2s 99c. Seen across 43 snapshots, 2h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Swiftthistle	1	2s 88c	141 are listed	2s 39c	2h ago	42
Refreshing Spring Water	1	5c	Vendor	15c	2h ago	45

Thistle Tea

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	2s 99c	54	261
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	2s 99c	—	321
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	2s 99c	10	202
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	2s 99c	10	202
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	3s 40c	203	671
2026-11-09 04:52	us-normal-alliance	3s 45c	—	739
2026-11-08 21:59	us-normal-alliance	3s 70c	113	541
2026-11-08 14:10	us-normal-alliance	4s 25c	76	431

Swiftthistle

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	2s 88c	141	1426
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	2s 88c	—	1445
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	3s 0c	100	967
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	3s 0c	100	967
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	2s 39c	60	644
2026-11-09 04:52	us-normal-alliance	2s 10c	—	1468
2026-11-08 21:59	us-normal-alliance	2s 0c	33	1729
2026-11-08 17:40	us-normal-alliance	2s 50c	5	1302

Refreshing Spring Water

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 16:19	us-normal-alliance	10c	90	676
2026-11-09 16:18	us-normal-alliance	10c	—	1633
2026-11-09 16:17	us-normal-alliance	10c	—	1636
2026-11-09 13:55	us-normal-alliance	10c	492	1213
2026-11-09 13:54	us-normal-alliance	10c	492	1213
2026-11-09 06:37	us-normal-alliance	11c	568	2175
2026-11-09 04:52	us-normal-alliance	15c	—	1413
2026-11-08 21:59	us-normal-alliance	15c	143	711