Enough with the coffee. We turn to the much more beneficial tea, enrich it with ingredients you cannot even imagine, and enjoy five delicious variations of it, accompanied by fluffy chocolate muffins. Can you think of anything better?
Teatime: 5 delicious recipes
For some people, the preparation, serving, and enjoyment of tea may be a whole ritual, but here in the Balkans and as well-known gourmets, we are content with the essence, the taste. And if tea in Greece is not as popular as coffee, this is probably due to the fact that we do not know how we can promote it, combined with other flavors and aromas, so that it is also a tasty drink.
So, we have discovered for you 5 original, delicious, and very easy recipes for tea drinks that you can prepare for your friends, instead of coffee, in the coming cold days of winter. In order to impress them, even more (and because, as we said, I am a gourmand) we suggest you a recipe for wonderful chocolate muffins that will accompany your tea perfectly. Enjoy!
* Indian tea
Materials
3 sachets of black tea
4 cups water
1 small cinnamon stick
1 small piece of ginger root cut into four
Λιά tablespoon cardamom seeds
Or teaspoon black pepper beans
Or teaspoon cloves
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 cup (225 ml) milk
Honey or other sweetener
Method of preparation
Boil the water in a saucepan. Add the spices and cook for 20 minutes. Add the tea bags and stir for 10 minutes. Add milk and let it heat up, not boil. Drain the mixture with tulle and serve the drink with honey or any other sweetener you prefer.
* Almond tea
Materials
4 sachets of any tea you prefer (preferably plain black)
Or teaspoon completely grated lemon peel
4 cups boiling water
½ cup of sugar (preferably black)
2 tablespoons natural lemon juice
1 tablespoon almond extract (you will find it in supermarkets)
Or teaspoon vanilla powder
Method of preparation
Soak the tea bags and lemon peel in boiling water for five minutes. Add, stirring, the sugar, lemon juice, almonds and vanilla. Served hot.
* Tea with chocolate and orange
Materials
1 tea bag with orange aroma
1 sachet of grated chocolate that melts with boiling water
1 small piece of grated orange peel
1 glass of boiling water
2 tablespoons sugar (preferably black)
Method of preparation
Soak the tea bag in boiling water for 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar and mix. Then add the chocolate and the grated orange peel and mix well. Ready!
* Cappu-tea-no
Materials
2 cups milk
2 sachets of black tea
3 teaspoons brown sugar
Method of preparation
Heat the milk together with the sugar in a saucepan until it boils, but does not boil. Remove from the heat and add the tea bags. Soak them for 5 minutes. Remove and serve.
* Iced Tea Fruit Punch
Materials
2 sachets of green tea
1 cup of water
1 cup honey
1 cup orange juice
Or a cup of fresh lemon juice
1 cup fresh fruit of your choice melted
1 glass of ginger beer (in supermarkets – if you can not find it, put soda)
Method of preparation
Make strong tea by dipping the sachets in boiling water. Let it cool. Mix all ingredients except ginger beer, which you add before serving, along with crushed ice.
Along with your tea, you can also prepare…
Chocolate muffin
Ingredients (for 12 muffins)
1 άνι cup flour for all uses
Or a cup of sugar
Άνι cup of chocolate powder (for a drink)
2 eggs
Or a cup of melted unsalted butter
Two vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup fresh milk
2 chocolates of your choice
Method of preparation
To prepare the muffins, we need a mixer. If we do not have a mixer, we can of course mix them by hand. Pour all our ingredients in the mixer and mix them on medium speed until well combined.
We start by throwing the flour in the cup of the mixer. Add the sugar. Add the chocolate powder. Put the two eggs in a small bowl. Beat them very lightly with a fork. Add the egg mixture to the mixer. Then add the vanilla. Next is the baking powder. And last but not least, the butter (which we previously melted in a kettle).
With the mixer on medium speed, beat all the ingredients until well combined. Our mixture is quite thick for this and we will dilute it with a little milk. Stop the mixer for a while and add the milk (as it rises – about 1/3 of a cup).
