Cinnamon tea

How to make cinnamon tea – a soothing, warming drink packed with antioxidants and beneficial plant compounds! Perfect for cold & flu season, with caffeinated, non-caffeinated, and several flavor variations below! While I dream of warmer days and summery treats, classic British winter is in full effect here. This means I’m starting and ending each day with warming, soothing, health-boosting drinks like Cinnamon tea is typically made by infusing cinnamon (either in cinnamon stick, powder, or even tea bag form) in hot water and often combined with a tea such as black tea, green tea, or oolong tea. For the version below, I’ve added black tea leaves, though that’s 100% optional. I’ve included a ton of ways to adapt the recipe with additional flavor, too. No matter how you enjoy it, this cinnamon stick tea is woody, warm, and aromatic with a naturally sweet flavor (invoking images of cinnamon apple pie, What Are The Benfits of Cinnamon Tea? Cinnamon sticks come from the inner bark of a cinnamon tree and are beneficial to your body in several ways, thanks to plant compounds and antioxidants. These benefits include: • Reducing inflammation: this can ward off several chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. • Antibacterial/Anti– fungal: this includes E. Coli and salmonella and has a positive effect on mouth health, including bad breath and helping • Fighting harmful free radicals: and can even • Positive PMS benefits: • Reducing blood sugar levels: as a compound ...

Jump to Recipe Te de Canela, or cinnamon tea, is the best tea to keep you warm during cold and flu season. This simple tea recipe only requires two main ingredients and is perfect for a cold winter day. Canela Tea Winter is almost here and I am gearing up for the cold. During those colder months, I prefer to stay indoors wrapped up in a warm and cozy blanket with a cup of hot cinnamon tea. This is an easy tea recipe that you can make easily with a pantry staple, cinnamon sticks! I recommend using Ceylon cinnamon bark over cassia, read below for the reason. And, if you would like to sweeten your cinnamon tea, there is a long list of some great sweeteners listed below. Why make this Te de Canela Recipe There are many reasons to love this cinnamon tea recipe, here are some of our thoughts on why we drink it and why you may love it, too. • Full of antioxidants. This tea is actually healthy for you and provides some great antioxidants. I just don’t recommend drinking it everyday. • Simple tea. It’s such an easy tea recipe, why not make it? • Warms you. This tea will warm you from the inside out. Benefits of Te de Canela So, there are still more studies that need to be done on the health benefits of cinnamon, but here are some health claims that have been made. Of course, consult a doctor if you have questions or concerns. • Vitamins and minerals. Cinnamon is rich in vitamins and minerals like vitamin K and potassium, but is especially high in beta-carotene, which transforms in ...

Fill a pot with water and a cinnamon stick. Pour 1 ½ cups of water into a medium saucepan. Add 1 cinnamon stick, and cover the pot with a lid before placing it on the stovetop. X Research source • You can use a glass tea kettle instead of a saucepan if you prefer. • If you want a stronger tea, break the cinnamon stick into several pieces. Bring the pot to a slow boil. The cinnamon flavor comes out of the stick when it’s slow boiled, so set the stove’s burner to medium low. Allow it to come to a boil, which should take approximately 15 to 25 minutes. X Research source • Don’t be alarmed if the water’s only a pale yellow color even when it comes to a full boil. It takes some time for the tea to darken. Allow the tea to steep for 15 minutes. Once the water and cinnamon mixture has come to a complete boil, remove it from the burner. The tea must cool slightly for the rest of the cinnamon to be released from the stick, so let the tea steep for approximately 15 minutes off the heat. X Research source X Research source • As the tea steeps, it will start to darken, turning a golden red color. Strain the tea into a mug and serve. After you’ve allowed the tea to steep for a while, pour it through a very fine strainer into a mug. The strainer will remove any bits of the cinnamon stick that might have broken off during brewing. Serve or drink the tea right away. X Research source • During the steeping and straining process, the tea will cool. If it’s not as hot as you’d...

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