Barley tea

1. Barley grains are sorted. They should be as a selection: clean, not spoiled. We pour the grains into a frying pan. It is advisable to choose a frying pan with a thick bottom, you can take a cast-iron one.

2. We send the pan to a high heat, fry the grains until a pleasant brown color. At the same time, we continuously stir the barley with a wooden spatula so that they are fried evenly from all sides and do not burn.

3. We spread the fried grains on a piece of gauze. The ends of the gauze are lifted up, tied with a rope or thread. Thus, a kind of "tea bag" is obtained.

4. Pour the water into a saucepan, send it to the fire. Bring to a boil. We lower a bag of barley grains into boiling water. Reduce the heat to a minimum, cook the tea for 10-15 minutes, depending on the desired strength of the tea.

5. Then we remove the bag of grains, it can be thrown away. All the useful substances have already been boiled into the water. Add sugar to the tea, stir until it completely dissolves.

We serve tea on the table hot or warm. You can sweeten such tea not only with sugar, honey, maple syrup and any sweetener will do. For those who do not eat sweets at all, you can drink barley tea immediately after brewing, without adding sweeteners.

Drink with pleasure and be healthy!