Showing posts with label Tea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tea. Show all posts
Cha Yen (Iced Tea)
Nam Khing (Hot Ginger Tea)
Ginger has a calming and soothing flavour with a touch of a bite to it that helps to keep you alert and calm. Ginger is commonly used to help an upset stomach, motion or travel sickness or general low-grade fevers. It is also excellent for nausea and for warming you up when you feel cold (it stimulates cold hands and feet), and is esteemed as a "heating herb". Ginger is reputed to help ward off colds or improve your recovery time.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups of water
- 2-inch fresh ginger piece
- lemon slice and honey (optional)
Preparation:
- First, peel and slice the ginger root.
- Put the water in a saucepan and bring it to boil.
- Add the slices of ginger into the boiling water.
- Reduce the heat, cover the saucepan, and let it simmer for about 15-20 minutes.
- Strain the liquid out, and add lemon and honey to taste.
Lemongrass Iced Tea
Dried lemon grass leaves to make a zesty, refreshing drink that is highly satisfying both hot and cold. A native of South East Asia, Lemon Grass was introduced to these parts with the growing popularity of Thai cuisine. It has a light lemony taste, with slight hint of ginger. And is known to lift a sagging spirit, as well as aid digestion. Recent studies also show that Lemon Grass has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. Best of all, it tastes great. If you have yet to try it, we recommend it highly. Naturally caffeine-free.
Lemon Grass is a member of the Poaceae family, which includes all the common grasses. Originally from Malaysia, it flourishes in any humid climate. Lemon grass may be harvested several times in a season by cutting the upper portion of the leafy material, which quickly grows back for a second cutting. It is hugely popular among the lovers of Asian cooking, especially Thai food. And had recently found an herbal tea following. Most of the Lemon Grass used as herb tea comes from Argentina, Hawaii and Chile.
Source: Adagio
Flavoring :
- from lemon grass 3
- fragrant screw pine leaves 3 leaves.
- Sugar
- Water
- Clear lemon grass to break clean enough different sectional split.
- Fragrant screw pine leaves wash to clean maul split roasted sore enough to put boiled 5 minutes.
- Add sugar and let's boil, then turn off the stove and let's it cool.
- Serve with ice.
- Distend the stomach to be bloated tight fix have colic.
- Also diuretic for those with symptoms have suppression of urine.
- Even less with any limb swelling. Lemon grass oil has effect kill fungi and bacteria.
- Helps tract and upper respiratory tract clean. To prevent cold.
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Thai Bubble Tea
There are many variations to making a bubble tea (or boba tea as it is sometimes called). It can be iced or frozen. I prefer mine iced, and I absolutely love the original Thai flavorings, although you can get anything from strawberry to lychee fruit. Or you can buy this drink in China Town or at a mall kiosk. Tastes just as good!
Ingredients:
- 3 ½ cup water
- 1/3 cup Thai tea mixture
- 1 scoop bubble tea sugar syrup
- 2 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tbsp tapioca Pearls
- To make the tea just heat the water to boiling, then using four layers of cheese cloth as a filter, pour the water through the tea four times or until the tea reaches the right color.
- To make the tapioca pearls is starting by boil water in a large pot, adding in the tapioca pearls.
- The tapioca pearls should float in the water while boiling for about 25 minutes with the cover on.
- Turn the heat off and let the tapioca sit in the water for 25 minutes. Rinse the cooked tapioca pearls in warm water and drain.
- Then combine everything by mix together the Thai tea, bubble tea sugar syrup and sweetened condensed milk and shake until little bubbles form on the top of the drink.
- Add bubble tea tapioca pearls to a 16 oz. cup, and pour your drink over.
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