Clove Tea
A fragrant, full-bodied drink for special moments! This soothing clove tea is wonderfully comforting — it helps calm your nerves and quench your thirst. Sip it on its own or alongside baked treats, candies, marshmallows, and the like.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
How do you make clove tea? All you really need to track down are whole cloves. In a small pot, bring water to a gentle boil for 10 minutes, keeping the heat low.
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Step 2:
Put the loose tea leaves into a glass.
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Step 3:
Pour the boiling water over them and cover the glass with a lid (I use a rubber one made specially for steeping tea).
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Step 4:
Wait about five minutes for the tea to steep. Next, strain it: pour the brewed tea into a separate container, ideally a teapot.
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Step 5:
Add sugar.
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Step 6:
Squeeze in some juice from a fresh lemon.
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Step 7:
Add the dried cloves as you pour the tea. Drop the cloves in first.
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Step 8:
Then pour in the brewed tea, topping it off with hot water if you'd like to adjust the strength.
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Step 9:
Let the tea rest and soak up the aroma of the cloves. Now enjoy a fresh new take on an everyday drink!
- Delicious and good for you! Why good for you? Because cloves are believed to help with all sorts of minor ailments: they ease breathing, warm you up when you've got a slight chill, and freshen your breath. This fragrant clove tea can quickly take the edge off a migraine or headache and help your nervous system recover. Cloves, whether in tea or a tincture, are a staple of folk remedies the world over — said to relieve physical fatigue and tension, ease muscle cramps, and settle the stomach. I love brewing a pot of this for the whole family in my free time. None of my loved ones ever turns down a cup of this fragrant, invigorating hot drink — afterward you feel a lift in energy, a better mood, and an all-around sense of well-being. You can use honey instead of sugar; just stir it in once the tea has cooled a little.
- For the best results, use filtered or bottled water with a neutral taste. Tap water can leave an off, characteristic aftertaste.
- You can use a sugar substitute in place of sugar.
- Since everyone's preference for sweetness, tartness, saltiness, and so on is different, always adjust the spices and seasonings to your own taste!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Cloves - 323 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Lemon juice - 16 kcal/100g
- Tea - 0 kcal/100g
