Winter Tea
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 10:46 PM It’s bitter and snowy outside tonight but I’ve got my hands curled around a big mug of custom-blend Winter Tea….so let it snow!
This delectable concoction was born a couple of months ago when I decided to throw some of my favourite things together and see what alchemy occurred. The answer: true magic! The result is a syrupy, dark nectar - the ultimate comforting, winter warmer (and a seriously good cold remedy). I’ve drunk it pretty much every day since.
If you want to try it, then the abracadabra ingredients are:
1 peppermint teabag
A hunk of cinnamon stick
A chunk of boiled liquorice (I buy mine in sticks from the health food shop and break each one into pieces)
A slice of fresh ginger
A small handful of goji berries
A teaspoon of honey
Just pour boiling water over then leave everything to brew for a few minutes. Give the tea a really good stir then either strain it or drink it as is (the goji berries will bob against your lips but you can always eat them!).
Of course, you need a pretty huge mug to accommodate all this delicious stuff and still have room for a decent amount of water. But it tastes so good you’ll want a proper mugful. Besides, a big cup gives you more surface area to wrap your mitts around!
My own special mug - shown above - came from a little store in Burlington, Vermont, many years ago. It’s rather too big for ‘normal’ tea but absolutely perfect for this.
Oh, one final tip. If you do give it a whirl, then make sure you empty the cup of all the bits and pieces as soon as you’ve finished drinking the liquid inside. Otherwise the liquorice has a habit of welding itself to the mug making it nigh on impossible to clean!
Reader Comments (2)
this tea sounds lovely. i just need to get some goji berries...
thank you for sharing:)
Oh, this tea sounds so good for a cold Alaskan day. I will get the berries and the licorice next time to town. I have the perfect mug for my Helen Tea.