Have you ever made your own herbal or fruit tea? Recently Balazs and I were invited to our friend’s house for a casual dinner party. The wonderful surprise was that Tom welcomed everyone with a glass of homemade hot (since it’s super cold already) winter tea. It was such a wonderful gesture! It instantly made everybody feel at ease and since the mix itself smelled divine, it created a wonderful conversation starter.
Well, after the party was over I emailed him to ask for the recipe and I found out that it is actually a soothing mix of apples, lemon, ginger, dates and honey. It’s perfect as a winter drink and it’s great in fighting winter cold as well. Win-win!
Here is the full how to if you fancy trying it yourself or treating
your guests to something delicious this festive season:
Pour 4.5 liters of water, 1 cup of sliced ginger, 1 cup of
dried dates, 4 sliced apples in a large pot and let it simmer for 2 hours.
Strain and serve hot, warm or on ice with a bit of honey for the sweetness and a slice
of lemon for the extra vitamin kick. Ta dah!
P.S: Fancy more tea? How about geen sun tea, plus a few other of my favourite recipes. Dig in!
P.P.S: Oh, and let's not forget about the superfood mocktail!
P.P.S: Oh, and let's not forget about the superfood mocktail!
Loves, would you try it? xo
(Thanks Tom. Recipe originally by Mrs. Ko. Photos by exPress-o. Layout by Ana Degenaar - Blog Milk for exPress-o. Thank you Ana for your help with this series).
22 comments:
I love the color and I could have ginger with everything. Looks delish Diana. Cheers, Grace
Mmm! This sounds delicious and I have most of the ingredients at home. I will definitely give this a try.
I've never liked tea...or coffee. Weird, I know. Maybe I should try them again? :)
I love love love tea!! It is seriously a staple food for me. I have at least two cups a day during the winter time. Herbal is my favorite because I try to stay away from too much caffeine and it has the extra benefit of tasting so delicious. I have never thought of making my own tea before. I will have to try this for my up and coming Christmas party. Maybe with cinnamon. apples and a few other ingredients? xx. McKenna Lou
Mm that sounds fantastic! The ginger really sounds like a nice zippy addition.
Oh Yum I would love some winter tea this evening!
xoxo
Karena
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Sounds delicious!
xo Mary Jo
sounds delicious!
This sounds very delicious.
I've never concocted my own tea. I prefer to buy it from one of the many tea shops around. But this sounds like something I should try because it sounds so good!
generally I don't drink hot beverages, but when the winter time comes I take out my biggest mugs and make tea with ginger, lemon, raspberry syrup. For that moment I can forget about time:)
hugs!
J
I LOVE ginger lately as well, Grace!
Fantastic, katie!
You totally should, Melissa:) And McKenna Ryan, adding cinnamon and apples sounds perfect! Yum:)
Oh yum, J! Raspberry syrup reminds me of childhood.
I've been having a couple coughs lately, I think this may be just the trick!
Tea in winter is just the greatest, I really can't think of anything more comforting. Thanks for the share!
Kait, I totally agree. Tea and winter = perfect match:)
Totally, Kelly:) Hope you'll feel better soon:)
I was thinking of making this for a party, and maybe making it alcoholic... any suggestions on what alcohol I could add?
So there's no actual tea in this tea? And is there something that might be substituted for figs? Raisins or currants, perhaps -- or cranberries!
Evie, yes you can definitely substitute figs with raisins.
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