Fruit and berry teas are very unusual in composition. If you evaluate them as a whole, you get drinks from tea and compote. In fact, we are talking about an unusual mixture of various flowers, leaves, fruits, berries and natural flavors.
What is fruit tea?
It is worth noting that plain black or green tea with the addition of fruit will not be fruit, but only with certain additives. Fruit tea mainly differs from all others in that it contains virtually no tea bush leaves .
It is best to drink this substance when cold instead of ordinary cold drinks. If you analyze this type of tea in detail , you can discover the fact that it does not contain caffeine and there is a crushed fruit-leaf mixture. A large number of compositions of such a mixture are known. Among the ingredients are Sudanese rose, lemon, cinnamon.
In Russia, hibiscus is very much in demand - tea with individual sour cherry and ruby color. From ancient times, eastern residents enjoyed the use of this gift of nature. Also in some countries in the Middle East, fruit tea was used as a ritual drink.
Benefits of Natural Fruit Tea
As you know, artificial flavorings not only will not benefit the consumer, but can also cause irreparable harm to the body. But, if you use fruit and berry teas from natural ingredients, the human body will receive a number of useful trace elements and properties. What are they like?
- Fruit tea, the composition of which contains only natural elements, tones, while not containing caffeine.
- Increases immunity.
- Helps cleanse the body of harmful substances.
- Quenches thirst very well, while saturating the body with the necessary fluid.
- It contains a large amount of nutrients.
- If you regularly consume green or black fruit tea, then the level of cholesterol is lowered.
Fruit and berry compositions are very diverse: currants, strawberries, bananas, wild strawberries and dried apricots - such an unusual mixture can make the drink so fragrant and tasty that no tea gourmet will refuse it. Any of the advantages mentioned above can be strengthened. To do this, you just need to supplement the tea with some ingredients.
Drying is carried out as carefully as possible in order to preserve all the benefits of the composition. Much attention should be paid to the fact that fruit and berry teas have almost no contraindications (the exception may be individual allergies to any individual components).
Making tea
To fully enjoy the aroma and taste of fruit tea, you need to follow a number of simple rules.
- Before starting tea, the teapot must be washed with boiling water. The dishes must be warmed up.
- Great attention must be paid to water quality. For the fruit-berry mixture, tap water is not suitable. Also, in no case can you re-boil water, as its properties are lost, and this, in turn, negates the taste of the mixture.
- Pour tea with slightly cooled water, the temperature should not exceed 80 degrees. If you use water at a higher temperature, there is a risk that some components of the tea mixture will collapse and evaporate, which will make it impossible to enjoy the aroma and taste 100%.
- Brewing time should be 5-10 minutes and no more.
Fruit Tea Recipes
Creating your own personal recipe for fruit tea is quite simple and affordable for everyone. There are several fairly simple compounds, which are not difficult to make:
- Grind the right amount of raspberries and apples. Mix green tea with one spoon of chamomile and put to brew for five minutes. Next, you need to strain and add chopped fruits. Such a summer mix is very useful to drink with honey.
- Currant fruit tea. It is necessary to cook 50-100 grams of currant. Grind the top three leaves of the currant bush. You can add sugar to the berries if desired and then pour hot water. In hot summer, chilled tea will quench your thirst well, and in the cold winter a warm drink will warm you up.
It is not necessary to use everyday components. You can always use more exotic ingredients such as mango, lime, banana or pineapple. The main task is to properly prepare all the ingredients for tea. Such a drink will always bring great pleasure to you and your loved ones.
Reverse side of fruit tea
Many sources have a lot of information about the positive aspects of fruit and berry teas. But it is worth paying attention to the fact that they can not be abused. For example, dentists unanimously reiterate that fruit mixtures are very harmful to oral health, especially for tooth enamel, since fruit tea contains acids and enzymes that adversely affect teeth.
Fruit tea selection
Although it is not difficult to make fruit tea on your own, many lovers of this drink do not want to bother with this task and prefer to buy a ready-made mixture for brewing, thinking that the recipe has a strict standard and universal technology. Perhaps in some cases this is exactly so, but, as practice shows, not everything is as good as shown in the picture. First of all, it is worth fearing those manufacturers who spend heavily on advertising, thereby diverting attention from the main one - tea itself.
When buying tea, you should carefully study the composition, as in many cases there are much more flavors than a natural product. It is also worth noting that fruit tea bags simply cannot physically contain more natural substances than flavors. From all of the above it follows that it is better to always buy weighted tea in specialized stores, as there are less likely to stumble on a poor-quality product.