Herbal tea recipe is very diverse due to numerous of herbs and flowers that can be infused like tea. Nevertheless, herbal tea gradually became popular in Europe as well as America. In Asia, herbal tea is viewed as a refreshing and healthy drink. Thus, here are several herbal tea recipe to help anyone who would like to make a cup of herbal tea on your own. They are quite easy to make and each recipe requires only a few ingredients.
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Licorice tea recipe…
Licorice tea can both be healthy and refreshing. This tea can help relieve some of the agony if you are suffering from sore throat.
What you need…
* Dried licorice root
* Green tea (dried leaves or tea bags)
* Water
* Sugar
* A sieve
How to make this tea…
1) Wash the licorice root. Cut it into thin slices. Heat up the water until boil. Add the licorice root into the pot. Reduce the fire and let it simmer for 2 minutes.
2) Add the green tea leaves or powder tea into the pot. Let it brew for 4-5 minutes. Strain the tea through the sieve to remove any solid. Serve the tea with sugar to taste.
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Lotus nut tea recipe
What you need…
* Lotus nuts
* Any tea (prefer green tea)
* Water
* A sieve
How to make this herbal tea recipe…
1) Pour water into a saucepan and heat to boiling. Reduce the fire. Add the lotus nut into the sauce pan. Add some sugar.
2) Add the green tea leaves or tea in bags into the saucepan. Let it brew for another 2 minutes. Pour the tea into the sieve and serve.
Mung bean tea recipe
What you need…
* Mung bean powder
* Any tea (prefer green tea)
* Water
* Sugar
* A sieve (if use tea leaves instead of tea in the bags)
What to do…
1) Heat up the water in the pot. Add 1-1.5 teaspoon of mung bean powder into the pot. Reduce the fire. Add tea leaves or tea in bags and let it brew for another 2 minutes.
2) Pour the tea into the tea pot using the sieve to remove any tea leaf left. Serve it with sugar to taste.
Radish herbal tea
What you need…
* A piece of white radish
* Salt
* Water
* Green tea
* A sieve
How to make this tea…
1) Wash the radish to clean it. Peel the radish. Chop it into small piece.
2) Heat up the water in a saucepan. Reduce the fire. Let it simmer. Add the radish into the saucepan. Sprinkle some salt over it.
3) Add the tea leaves or tea powder into the saucepan. Let it brew for 3 minutes. Pour the tea into the tea pot using the sieve and serve.
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Onion tea recipe
What you need…
* Onion
* Water
* Small piece of ginger root
* Any tea (prefer green tea)
How to make this herbal tea recipe…
1) Wash the onion and the ginger. Peel the onion. Cut the onion and the ginger into small pieces.
2) Heat up the water in the saucepan. Reduce the fire. Add the ginger and onion into the saucepan. Sprinkle some salt into the sauce pan. Add some tea leaves into the saucepan. Let it brew for 3 minutes.
3) Pour the tea into the teapot using the sieve to remove any solid. Serve the tea with some sugar to taste.
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Lychee fruit tea
What you need...
* Fresh lychee
* Rock sugar
* Water
* Green tea (use tea in tea bags)
How to make this tea?
1) Wash the lychee thoroughly. Peel it. Cut it in half. Remove the core. If you want, you can cut it into smaller pieces.
2) Heat up the water in the pot. Add some tea leaves. Let it brew for 3 minutes. Add the lychee and the sugar into the pot. Turn off the fire Let it stand for 2 minutes.
3) Pour the tea into the tea pots. If the fruit is a little big, you can pour the tea into a cup or a mug. You can enjoy the fruit while drinking or after finish drinking the tea.