Apple Fig Tea 蘋果無花果茶
Simple & refreshing recipe for Apple Fig Tea 蘋果無花果茶 that'll expel the "heatiness" from your body. And it's delicious too!
Approximate cost (CAD) $6
Ingredients
- 4 Apples , cored and cut into ⅛ pieces.
Can be replaced by pears and Asian pears - 6 Dried figs , cut in halves
- ½ c Raw pearl barley
- ½ c Puffed barley (cooked barley)
This is a very important ingredient to protect your digestive system if you are unsure if you have a “cold” body or a “hot” body - 8 Chinese yam (淮山, húai shān) , sliced pieces.
Can be either dried or fresh - 80 g Rock sugar (cane)
or you can use honey - 2.6 litres Water
Instructions
- Wash and rinse raw and puffed barley
- If you have sulphured Chinese yams, soak in water for 30 minutes then rinse
- If you have unsulphured Chinese yam, just wash and rinse
- Put all the ingredients except for the rock sugar into a large pot and bring contents to a boil
- Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 1.5-2 hours
- Add rock sugar
- Ready to serve when sugar has dissolved
Notes
Other ingredients that you may choose to add to this tea are goji berries, ginger, southern and northern apricot kernel seeds, hawthorn berries, red dates and honey dates.
Reduce the amount of water by 3/4s and make it thick and syrupy for mixing with sparkling water.
Nutrition
Calories: 518kcalCarbohydrates: 125gProtein: 7gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 33mgPotassium: 2888mgFiber: 18gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 503IUVitamin C: 61mgCalcium: 72mgIron: 2mg
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