Honeysuckle Tea

Submitted by ongwienkai1980

"Honeysuckle tea is use by the Chinese for thousands of years. The flower has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. I love it for its delicate scent. So, I try to make a herbal concoction with other herbs and it turns out just nice!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 2000 ml
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 20 g dried honeysuckle fresh edible flowers
• 15 g dried chrysanthemum fresh edible flowers
• 10 g dried nutmeg mace
• 2 green tea, sachet
• 5 g licorice, slice
• 10 g dried orange peel
• 30 g lemongrass
• 6 pandan leaves
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 200 g honey
• 2000 ml water

directions

1. Pound chopped lemon grass and licorice in a stone pounder.
2. Broil 2000 ml water in a medium pot.
3. Add all dried ingredients except chrysanthemum flowers and green tea sachets into the broiling water.
4. Cover the pot with lit and turn down the fire. Let simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Put in chrysanthemum flowers.
6. Again simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Turn off fire. Drop in green tea sachets and steep for 1 minutes.
8. Strain the tea with a muslin bag.
9. Add honey and lemon juice when tea cool down a bit. .
10. Let it stand for 5 minutes. Enjoy the tea!