Refreshing Homemade Non-Alcoholic Punch

Elementary, tasty, refreshing and fast! Non-alcoholic punch at home is a very easy to prepare drink with the addition of fruits, berries and spices. It can be offered to children and adults. The recipe will undoubtedly come in handy during the sultry hot summer!
cook time: 20 min
Hazel Farrow
Refreshing Homemade Non-Alcoholic Punch

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

45
Calories
10g
Carbs

Ingredients (3 portions)

Basic:

Sugar 2 tbsp
Apples 1 pc
Cinnamon to taste
Oranges 1 pc
Mint 2 pc
Cowberry 100 g
Tea 300 g
Star anise 1 pc

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make non-alcoholic punch at home? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. First, brew some tea. Make the brew not very strong and cool. You can take brewed black or green tea, but it is advisable that it be without additives or flavorings. So that additives do not compete in aroma with spices and fruits. I brewed green loose leaf tea.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash the orange well; it is advisable to even use a special brush and fruit cleaner. After all, we will use the orange along with the peel. You also need to wash it with very hot water — this way the orange will release much more juice. Cut the orange into half circles.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash the apple well, remove the seed pod and cut into cubes. If you are using a store-bought apple, it makes sense to cut off the skin. Store-bought fruits for long-term storage are often treated with paraffin, but it is not removed from the human body in any way.

Step 4

Step 4
Place the chopped fruits in a deep bowl. Rinse the mint leaves well, dry with paper towels and also add to the fruit. Add cinnamon and star anise. I use a cinnamon stick and star anise, but it can also be ground spices. Also at this stage you can add some other favorite spices: maybe it will be vanilla or vanilla sugar, or maybe ginger, cloves or nutmeg.

Step 5

Step 5
Thaw the lingonberries and add to the bowl where you are preparing the drink.

Step 6

Step 6
Add sugar and wait 10-15 minutes for the fruit to release its juice. Here, be guided by your taste. If you have sweet fruits or, for example, you are preparing a drink in the summer and took sweet apricots, peaches and strawberries, in this case you can add less sugar or not add it at all.

Step 7

Step 7
Fill the bowl with cooled brewed tea.

Step 8

Step 8
Stir and let the drink brew for 30 minutes to 2 hours. Then strain the drink. If you used ground spices, you will have to strain through a fine sieve or even cheesecloth.

Step 9

Step 9
Serve the drink chilled, or you can even use a siphon to make it carbonated. Bon appetit!

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