How to Make Orange Tea: Easy Recipe
Orange peel not only has a very aromatic taste but is also extremely healthy. It is used in cakes, desserts, soups, salads or stews to give it a fresh and zesty flavor. In order to make orange peel tea, you will need dry peels. Let's take a look at a simple step-by-step recipe to make orange tea at home using the peels.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time25 mins
Servings: 4 cups
Ingredients
- 1 tsp dried orange peel
- cinnamon sticks/cinnamon powder optional
- honey or sweetener of choice
- 8 oz water
Instructions
- For making this tea, use fresh oranges, chop their peels into 1/4th sized pieces
- Leave these oranges to dry, ideally in a cool and dry place. Fasten the process by roasting the peels in an oven until they turn slightly crispy.
- Crush these peels using a mortar and pestle until they turn into a powder.
- Now take a stainless pot with a lid on it and place the crushed and chopped oranges in it. You can also use glass and enamel pots instead of steel.
- Bring the water to a boil. If you wish to add cinnamon powder to the tea to enhance the flavor, feel free to add it at this stage.
- Let the orange peels steep in the water for 15 minutes.
- Use a strainer to pour the tea into a teacup. Add honey or any other sweetener of your choice. Serve the tea hot!
