Uses of dittany of Crete (origanum dictamnus) Last summer I went to Crete for a short vacation, and came back with fond memories of the local cuisine.

Before leaving I bought some spices, among them a small bag of diktamo (dittany, or dictamnus).

While the smell is quite nice, I found that it doesn't impart any discernible flavour to dishes.

I tried it in some recipes that call for oregano (homemade pizza, some pasta sauces), but I'm curious as to its use in Greek cuisine; maybe I'm just using it the wrong way.
In Greece we use diktamo mostly for tea, as beverage.
You can try it by boiling water in a jar and put 5-10gr diktamo for 5-10 minutes.
Other uses as any other tea leaves. For example you can boil milk or 35% milk cream  and put diktamo and then use the milk or cream to make pastry cream or ganache or any other similar.