Cozy Citrus-Spiced Winter Tea

Fragrant, with citrus notes and spices! Why buy expensive tea in specialty stores if you can prepare very tasty tea at home? A cup of this tea will warm you up, envelop you in warmth, lift your spirits, give you strength and energy, and also help you survive the cold winter evenings!
cook time: 48h 25 min
Liam Carson
Cozy Citrus-Spiced Winter Tea

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

23
Calories
5g
Carbs

Ingredients (1 portion)

Basic:

Oranges (Only the peel is used in the recipe) 1 pc
Water 0.5 l
Carnation 0.5 tbsp
Cardamom 0.25 tsp
cinnamon stick 4 pc
Black tea 1 tsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make warming winter tea? To begin, prepare all the necessary ingredients according to the list. You need to start preparing this tea with an orange. At the same time, it needs to be prepared in advance, or rather, not the orange itself, but its peel; it will need to be dried, and this will take some time. To do this, start preparing at least two days before you want to taste this tea.

Step 2

Step 2
So, take an orange and peel the skin (the orange slices themselves will not be used in this recipe). Cut the orange peels into small cubes, place them on a board or plate and leave them like that. They will dry out slowly. In two days they will be ready to use.

Step 3

Step 3
Next, chop the cinnamon sticks and cloves. To do this, place them in the center of the towel. Wrap the towel itself so that it looks like a bag of spices. Place the bag with the contents on the work surface and give the bag a few blows with a hammer. This will take a few minutes (I warn you that it will be a little noisy and not very comfortable, so I placed the board on porcelain tiles).

Step 4

Step 4
Then take a container in which you will mix all the ingredients. For convenience, it is better to use a deep bowl. Place black tea, pieces of orange peel, chopped cinnamon and cloves in a bowl, and add a little cardamom. Mix everything well so that all the components of the tea are evenly distributed among themselves. Dry tea is ready. Now brew some tea.

Step 5

Step 5
To do this, boil water and prepare the teapot properly. Pour boiling water over it. This is done in order to wash away contaminants, get rid of the aroma of the previous infusion, warm up the container and disinfect it. Then pour the tea into the teapot (how much to pour depends on the tea used, the volume of the teapot itself and taste preferences, but on average, it’s 1 tsp per 150 ml of water).

Step 6

Step 6
Pour boiling water over everything, close the lid and brew for 5-7 minutes.

Step 7

Step 7
Enjoy bright, aromatic, spicy, warming tea!

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