Important rules of herbal tea.
Herbal teas accelerate metabolism, cleanse the body, and besides that, they are extremely fragrant and delicious.
- If it’s difficult for you to wake up in the morning and you can’t fall asleep at night, don’t rush to get coffee or sleeping pills. Lemon balm and stevia tea will help to cheer up, and hawthorn infusion or acacia tea will provide sweet sleep.
- Some herbal teas have different effects depending on the temperature. So, cool drinks made from black currant leaves or sage perfectly quench thirst, and the same hot tea can make you sweat with a cold.
- In order for herbal tea to be enriched with useful substances as much as possible, it is necessary to follow the rules of preparation.
- Broths are best cooked in a water bath.
- Herbs that do not need prolonged (10-15 min) heat treatment should be infused in porcelain, glass or enameled dishes (useful substances are destroyed upon contact with metal).
- Crushed rhizomes and fruits (for example, rosehip) are recommended to be brewed in a thermos, infusing them for several hours.
- When should I drink herbal tea?
- In the morning, you should drink tonic tea (angelica, strawberry leaves, clover flowers and leaves, lemongrass, lavender, lovage).
- In the evening, you should drink soothing herbal teas (St. John’s wort, willow tea, raspberry (leaves), peppermint, chamomile, lemon balm, primrose, cherry leaf, etc.).
- In winter or early spring, it is advisable to drink multivitamin herbal teas (raspberry leaves, blackberries, black currants, nettles, carrots, rosehips, mountain ash, barberry, sea buckthorn, black currant, etc.).
- In summer, herbal teas are prepared only from fresh herbs, this period of the year should be used with maximum benefit for the body.
The best herbal tea recipes.
- Strawberry.
10 g of dried strawberry leaves, 2 g of St. John’s wort, 2 g of mint, 200 ml of water. Rinse the porcelain teapot with boiling water, pour the mixture of leaves, pour boiling water and leave for 7-10 minutes. - Lingonberry tea.
12 g of dried lingonberry leaves, 10-15 g of sugar, 200 ml of water. Rinse the porcelain teapot with boiling water, cover with lingonberry leaves, pour boiling water and leave for 10-15 minutes, add sugar and pour into cups. - Rosehip honey.
20 g of rose hips, 15 g of honey, 5 g of lemon juice, 200 ml of water. Chop dried rose hips, pour boiling water, cook for 10 minutes in an enameled dish with the lid closed, leave for 10 minutes. Strain the broth. Add honey and lemon juice. - Rowan.
30 g of dried mountain ash berries, 5 g of dried raspberries, 2 g of dried black currant leaves. The mixture is brewed in a porcelain teapot, infused for 5-7 minutes. It is used as a brew. - Made from rosehip and thyme.
10 g of dried rose hips, 5 g of dried thyme leaves, 15 g of honey, 200 ml of water. Chop the rosehip fruits, pour boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, then add thyme leaves. Insist for 10 minutes, strain, add honey. - Vitamin.
20 g of dried rose hips, 10 g of dried mountain ash, 5 g of dried oregano leaves, 200 ml of water. Chop the dried fruits, pour boiling water over them and cook for 5 minutes, then add oregano leaves and leave for 10 minutes.
