Is crafting Thistle Tea profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU PvP · Alliance, trusted material cost is 7s 40c and trusted sale is 7s 96c, for about 16c profit per craft (2% 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 7s 40c on US & AU PvP · 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 PvP · Alliance

Profitⓘ+16c

Marginⓘ+2%

Mat cost7s 40c

Sale7s 96c

Make Thistle Tea (Cooking, skill 60).

Buy 1 Swiftthistle at 7s 35c each (11 are listed)
Buy 1 Refreshing Spring Water from a vendor at 5c each, sold 5 for 25c

200 or more are listed at 7s 96c, so a craft clears about 16c over the 7s 40c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 14s 99c (+88% vs true value)—treat as unverified.

Material cost 7s 40c. Trusted sale 7s 96c. Profitⓘ 16c over cost (2%). 200 or more are listed. Latest listing 14s 99c. Seen across 16 snapshots, 1h ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Swiftthistle	1	7s 35c	11 are listed	6s 40c	1h ago	22
Refreshing Spring Water	1	5c	Vendor	14c	1h ago	26

Thistle Tea

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	14s 99c	215	398
2026-11-09 19:29	us-pvp-alliance	1g 0s 99c	—	25
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	7s 54c	44	223
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	7s 52c	6	310
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	7s 52c	6	310
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	7s 96c	50	260
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	7s 97c	115	370
2026-11-09 04:50	us-pvp-alliance	6s 68c	—	342

Swiftthistle

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	7s 35c	11	1248
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	6s 94c	47	575
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	6s 99c	71	418
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	6s 99c	71	418
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	6s 25c	110	962
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	6s 40c	2	600
2026-11-09 05:15	us-pvp-alliance	5s 90c	—	406
2026-11-09 04:50	us-pvp-alliance	5s 79c	—	815

Refreshing Spring Water

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 22:45	us-pvp-alliance	14c	227	311
2026-11-09 19:28	us-pvp-alliance	13c	—	1162
2026-11-09 16:25	us-pvp-alliance	13c	29	1296
2026-11-09 15:25	us-pvp-alliance	15c	74	929
2026-11-09 15:24	us-pvp-alliance	15c	74	929
2026-11-09 09:28	us-pvp-alliance	13c	30	249
2026-11-09 07:50	us-pvp-alliance	14c	884	1070
2026-11-09 04:50	us-pvp-alliance	15c	—	2363