Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the Beverages recipes category.
3 Cups water
1 apple (sweet apple)
1 inch cinnamon piece or 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon)
1/2 inch ginger (peeled, crushed or minced)
1 tbsp lemon juice (optional)
4 black pepper corn crushed (or ground pepper) (optional)
1/2 tsp tea powder or 1 tsp leaves or 2 tea bags (adjust to taste)
1 tbsp honey or sugar if required (optional)
To make apple tea, firstly pour water to a pot and add tea powder, ginger, cinnamon and black pepper.
Bring this to a boil on a medium heat.
Reduce the heat and simmer this for 5 to 7 minutes until you begin to smell the cinnamon.
While the tea simmers, rinse and peel the apple.
Chop to small bite sized pieces or grate it.
Add the apple to the boiling tea and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
Turn off the heat and cover the pot.
Do not disturb for 5 mins.
After 5 mins, strain the apple tea and add sugar if using.
If adding lemon juice or honey, let the apple tea cool down to warm temperature.
Then stir honey and lemon juice as required.
Serve apple cinnamon tea warm or hot.
You can also eat up the warm mushy apple.
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