Homemade Tea (Caffeine-Free!)
This is an easy homemade tea recipe that doesn’t require tea bags, is caffeine-free, and uses ingredients that you may already have in your pantry and spice cabinet! It tastes like a fancy designer tea blend with a subtle sweetness, but doesn’t cost an arm and a leg either. While this recipe may not fit the strict definition of a “tea” as it doesn’t require tea leaves, it does brew a tasty beverage! If you’re all out of tea bags, or you’re looking for a caffeine-free tea option besides chamomile or peppermint, give this recipe a try. A Kitchen Experiment Turned RElaxing activity! Since I can’t drink regular caffeinated tea past noon (without affecting sleep), I’ve been experimenting with making my own blends. I started with dried flowers like rose, jasmine, and hibiscus.They can be pretty strong, and the flavors are pretty distinctive.Then I moved onto experimenting with pantry staples like cinnamon, cloves, and dried orange peel, as well as dried and fresh fruit that I had on hand—apple, lemons, dates, and dried goji berries. Eventually, my tea recipe evolved into the one I’m sharing today.
This pot of homemade tea is what I consider a little “me time” treat that I like to make whenever I can. Sometimes, self-care can seem like just another thing on the to-do list.But grabbing some ingredients I already have and dunking them into a pot with some boiling water feels easy.And what you get for those few minutes spent is
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Publisher: The Woks of Life