Fruit Tea

Make your own fruit tea! I LOVE TEA!

For this you need a teapot and strainer really but can get by with just a saucepan if your careful pouring.

I especially love tea I’ve brewed from leaves or fruit of my own. It’s exiting finding out what flavours you can combine.

As a base I use either fresh mint leaves – I’m growing a little plant in the front of the van. =)

Or some dried mint leaves, currently Nana Mint from Gurmanotea in Cardiff Market.

Then add to the pot any fruit which you’ve accidentally squashed or is starting to go soft. Orange segments halved, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, kiwi. Whatever you have that lets out juices.

If you really want to push the boat out try adding some spices, aniseed, cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, lemon, lime, or flowers like chamomile, raspberry leaf, lavender.

Keeping a few vanilla seeds in your sugar pot really makes for a lovely addition to teas and coffees.

Allow to seep in the pot for a good while with hot water before serving.

Some of the great properties of MINT include; antioxidant, improve indigestion, anti-flatulence, calming, soothing to the throat and some headaches.

Some Tea Suggestions;

Moroccan Mint;

Brew a pot of mint leaves and add plenty of sugar, 2+ teaspoons to be authentic.

You could add some black tea too (1 teabag).

To make it a bit more exciting add a slice of orange and lemon too.

Spiced Orange;

1 orange’s peel grated.

1 orange peeled, with the segments halved to let juices out.

3 cloves

1 aniseed

1 stick cinnamon

1 tsp grated root ginger

1 black tea bag (optional)

Berry Mint;

big handful mint leaves

handful raspberries

2 strawberries halved

1 slice lime

1 tsp vanilla sugar (optional)

Spiced Morning Tea

Spiced Tea

Make your own spiced tea. Brilliant when your feeling a little delicate as you have complete control of flavours and strength.

1 big pot/ saucepan of water.

1 normal teabag/ tea leaves.

1 stick of cinnamon

5 cloves

1 star anise

1 tsp vanilla sugar*/ 1 vanilla pod

1 slice of lemon/ orange – optional**

almond milk – optional**

*to make your own vanilla sugar just put a few vanilla pods and your preferred sugar in a pot and leave for a week or so before beginning to use.

**really all of the ingredients are optional and changeable depending on your own taste. Try adding grated ginger, nutmeg, almond – anything, just remember all of the tastes should be quite mild – so don’t put too much in.

Boil it all up together and drink hot.

You can keep topping up your pot with more water all day if you like, just add more tea when it gets too weak for you.