Is crafting Thistle Tea profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU Normal · Horde, trusted material cost is 3s 6c and trusted sale is 2s 99c, for about -22c profit per craft (-7% 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 3s 6c on US & AU Normal · Horde, 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 · Horde

Profitⓘ−22c

Marginⓘ-7%

Mat cost3s 6c

Sale2s 99c

Make Thistle Tea (Cooking, skill 60).

Buy 1 Swiftthistle at 3s 1c each (179 are listed)
Buy 1 Refreshing Spring Water from a vendor at 5c each, sold 5 for 25c

20 are listed at 2s 99c, so a craft clears about -22c over the 3s 6c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

A material's latest listing sits well above its true value; cost uses the higher figure.

Material cost 3s 6c. Trusted sale 2s 99c. Profitⓘ 22c under cost (-7%). 20 are listed. Latest listing 3s 49c. Seen across 35 snapshots, 5h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Swiftthistle	1	3s 1c	179 are listed	1s 90c	5h ago	36
Refreshing Spring Water	1	5c	Vendor	11c	5h ago	34

Thistle Tea

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:21	us-normal-horde	3s 49c	20	66
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	2s 95c	—	1028
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	2s 95c	—	1028
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	2s 96c	—	1265
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	2s 99c	199	1554
2026-11-09 06:54	us-normal-horde	10s 0c	10	10
2026-11-09 03:45	us-normal-horde	3s 14c	—	2101
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	3s 0c	17	1539

Swiftthistle

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	3s 1c	—	1933
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	3s 1c	—	1933
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	2s 1c	—	1250
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	2s 4c	179	1064
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	1s 50c	80	2126
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	1s 95c	37	1651
2026-11-08 23:42	us-normal-horde	1s 77c	30	2673
2026-11-08 23:09	us-normal-horde	1s 97c	2	2322

Refreshing Spring Water

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	11c	—	428
2026-11-09 17:16	us-normal-horde	11c	—	428
2026-11-09 14:11	us-normal-horde	12c	—	166
2026-11-09 14:10	us-normal-horde	12c	—	166
2026-11-09 07:32	us-normal-horde	11c	182	453
2026-11-09 03:45	us-normal-horde	11c	—	1802
2026-11-09 02:50	us-normal-horde	11c	708	1733
2026-11-09 02:32	us-normal-horde	10c	25	1721