How To Make Easy Apple Cinnamon Tea from Scratch Recipe
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A delicious apple tea is a brew of aromatic spices that will give your guests a warm welcome. Bonus: Your house will smell like freshly baked apple pie all day long!
Have you been apple-picking? Take some of those fresh apple slices and brew them into cozy hot drinks like apple tea. Apples, oranges, and warm fall spices like cinnamon and cloves make this a quintessential Fall drink. You have to try this one!
Black tea is lovely, but sometimes it's fun to spice it up a little. Homemade cinnamon apple spice tea is easy to make. This unique brew of aromatic spices will warmly welcome your holiday guests.
Spiced black tea origins
Ancient spiced tea recipes from South Asia and the Middle East ingeniously incorporate medicinal benefits while serving deliciousness. The spiced cinnamon apple tea recipe is an adaptation of a Middle Eastern citrus spiced tea or Turkish apple tea.
Spices add a wonderful flavor and have many healing properties. Adding them to foods or beverages is the best way to use their benefits.
But how?
Black Tea comes from the extraordinary Camellia sinensis plant and is used generously in these eastern countries. Green tea is rarely used. It is common for them to add spices to black tea for its healing properties.
Ayurveda is a traditional medicine native to India and part of Indian philosophy dating back to 700 BCE. It includes herbal blends in beverages and cooking with different spices for numerous health benefits.
Plant-based treatments in Ayurveda are derived from roots, leaves, fruits, bark, or seeds, such as cardamom and cinnamon, combined with the finest black tea to make spiced and herbal tea.
Tips:
For the tea, I recommend a robust black tea such as an English Breakfast, an Indian Assam, or a nice Chinese Keemun.
Select a type of black tea well-suited to milk and sugar to balance the spice flavors.
Spices in apple cinnamon tea
I use cinnamon, coriander, clove, allspice, black tea, fresh apples, oranges, and cane sugar for this recipe.
Spices need heat to bring out their best qualities and flavors. Even inhaling the aroma of this simmering brew gets digestive juices flowing. If nothing else, it made the house smell good!
The most common herbal Ayurvedic tea blends may include turmeric, cumin, coriander, fennel, mint, black pepper, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cayenne. These spices enhance digestion and metabolism, cleanse the body, and prevent digestive disorders.
Tips:
Part of spices' benefits are their aromatic compounds. That is one reason it is recommended that you buy the spice seed, not the ground powder, whenever possible.
Grind the spice seeds at home with a mortar and pestle or in a coffee bean grinder—either way, the fresher the spice, the greater the benefit.
Not only do the spices add a wonderful flavor, but they are also beneficial. Double score!
I was pleasantly surprised at the flavor and aroma of this spiced tea. I've only made it hot, and it is delicious! But I know it would also be excellent served over ice.
In India, Ayurveda principles advise against drinking cold beverages. The rationale is that it is not suitable for digestion. They may be correct, but we are used to drinking cold drinks in the United States.
Apple cinnamon tea latte
Another way to make this apple tea is to create a tea latte with whipped cream. The sweetness of the apples with the whipped cream is a fantastic flavor combination.
Brew this excellent apple cinnamon tea and turn it into a tea latte by topping it with whipped cream and sharing it with a friend. They will love it and love you for sharing.
Be sure to use a high-quality specialty black tea for the best flavor. Let's spice it up!
Apple Cinnamon Tea Benefits
Oranges are a good source of Thiamin, Folate, and Potassium and excellent Sources of vitamin C, a potent antioxidant.
Black tea—Tea is high in polyphenols and is a potent antioxidant. Antioxidants have proven benefits for cardiovascular health.
Black tea contains an amino acid called l-theanine, which is unique to tea and has fascinating effects on the brain. L-theanine increases alpha brain waves, inducing a calm and deeply relaxed state. Combined with the caffeine, about half the amount found in coffee, the overall effect is a focused calm.
READ: Theanine: The Beneficial Amino Acid Found Only in Tea
Apple nutrition facts –Excellent source of dietary fiber and Vitamin C. Apples are low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium.
Coriander seeds - Are a good source of Vitamin C, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc, Copper, and Selenium and an excellent Dietary Fiber source, Calcium of iron, Magnesium, and Manganese. Coriander seeds are said to help the assimilation of other spices. And have anti-inflammatory properties.
Clove - Often used for an upset stomach. It is also a good source of Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol), Calcium, and Iron, and an excellent source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Magnesium, and Manganese.
Whipping cream - A ⅛ cup of whipped cream has 10 milligrams of calcium. Heavy whipping cream has small amounts of phosphorous, potassium, folate, and vitamin A.
Cinnamon - Contains large amounts of highly potent polyphenol antioxidants. Some studies show that the antioxidants in cinnamon have anti-inflammatory activity.
Allspice - A good source of iron, magnesium, potassium, and copper and an excellent source of dietary fiber, vitamin C, calcium, and manganese.
Apple Cinnamon Tea Recipe
You can make this ahead and store it in the refrigerator for a day or two. Transfer it to a saucepan and heat up just before serving.
Add a shot of apple brandy, and you have a tasty aperitif.
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This sounds amazing. Bonus will also make your home smell so cozy.