Bathing or a mixture of a variety of fruits, berries, flowers and leaves is a fruit tea. It does not contain a tea leaf, so there is no caffeine in the drink, and thanks to the healing properties of the ingredients it contains, it is very useful for both adults and children.
Fruit teas, which have exquisite, delicate flavors, are an excellent alternative to fruit compotes. They also have fortifying properties on the human body, and they can be consumed both in hot and cold form.
There are a great many kinds of fruit tea, differing only in the composition of its ingredients and in the skill of making blends.
How to make a fruit tea with your own hands?
The basis for fruit tea can be leaves and young shoots of apple, pear, cherry, plum, raspberry, as well as strawberry and strawberry leaves. They can be taken both fresh and harvested for the winter by fermentation and further drying. You can combine in tea fruit leaves with berries and fruits, which will give the drink additional flavor and beneficial properties.
To prepare tea from the leaves of fruit trees, warm up the dishes in which it will be brewed, and put the leaves into it, if desired, adding berries, fresh or dried. Water is heated to a boil and poured into it components for tea. Let's brew under the lid for ten or twenty minutes.
To make fruit tea from twigs, pour them with boiling water, boil for ten to fifteen minutes, and leave for seven to eight hours. Then warm up to the desired heat, but not to a boil, and use it with honey.
Below we offer several recipes for making fruit tea.
Fruit tea from currant
Ingredients:
- currant leaves - 2-3 pcs .;
- currant jam or berries - 1 teaspoon;
- granulated sugar - to taste.
Preparation
Young currant leaves are ground and placed in a warmed kettle for welding. We rub fresh currant berries with sugar and add to the leaves. If they are absent, you can get rid of currant jam or add dried berries. Fill all boiling water and let us brew for fifteen minutes.
Fruit tea from dried apples with cinnamon
Ingredients:
- Dried apples - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- dried apricots - 2 pcs .;
- cinnamon - pinch;
- honey - to taste.
Preparation
Dried apples and dried apricots are washed and crushed finely. We put into the kettle for brewing or in a cup, add cinnamon and pour boiling water. We cover with a lid, we insist fifteen minutes, and we serve ready fruit tea with honey.