🍵 Tea

🕰 There Is Always Time For Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to China, India and other East Asian countries. Tea is also rarely made from the leaves of Camellia taliensis. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world.

📚 Learn more on Wikipedia

🤓 Six Main Categories of Tea

Different processing methods lead to different levels of oxidation and fermentation, and hence different types of tea. Six types of teas from Camellia Sinensis:

🫖 Brew Up at Home

Here are two of my favorite recipes. Enjoy! 😋

🍵 Matcha Latte

Ingredients

5 min | Yield: 1

• 1 1/2 teaspoons matcha powder
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 3/4 cup hot milk

Directions

1. Sift the matcha powder into a cup.
2. Add the water and stri until no lumps remain. Stir in the honey.
3. Add the milk and serve.

🍋 Iced Lemon Tea

Ingredients

10 min | Yield: 6

• 6 cups water
• 5 black tea bags
• Juice of one Large Lemon
• Ice cubes (optional)

Directions

1. Pour water into a pot and bring it to a boil. Remove it from the heat, and add the tea bags. Let them steep for 5 minutes
2. Put ice into a large pitcher (optional). Add lemon juice and honey or your sweetener of your choice.
3. Place lemon iced tea in the refrigerator to chill before enjoying!

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