The invention discloses aspalathus linearis substitute tea and a making method thereof and relates to the technical field of tea drink processing. The aspalathus linearis substitute tea comprises thefollowing raw material components in parts by weight: 35-50 parts of aspalathus linearis, 10-30 parts of Chinese wolfberry fruits, 10-20 parts of solomonseal rhizome, 10-20 parts of poria cocos and 10-20 parts of raspberries. The making method comprises the following steps: S1, performing selection and washing, namely picking out impurities in Chinese wolfberry fruits, solomonseal rhizome, poria cocs and raspberries, and performing complete washing so as to obtain completely washed raw materials; S2, performing drying, namely drying the completely washed raw materials so as to obtain a dried raw material; S3, performing crushing, namely crushing the dried raw material so as to obtain raw material granules, and uniformly mixing the raw material granules with aspalathus linearis; and S4, performing packaging, namely putting the mixture into tea bags, and performing sealed packaging or nitrogen charge packaging. The aspalathus linearis substitute tea disclosed by the invention is wide inapplication and good in color, fragrance and taste all, and in addition, has effects of improving immunity, preventing inflammation, preventing bacteria, preventing cancer, promoting cardiovascular health, controlling diabetes, reducing allergies, reducing blood pressure, promoting sleep, retarding aging, and the like.