Pantry recipe

Cinnamon and Clove Tea

Warm, sweet and aromatic, with a hint of lemon at the end.

12 min 2 cups · 500 ml Hot Caffeine-free Easy

Ingredients

500 mlwater
2cinnamon sticks
6cloves
from ½ lemonlemon peel (optional)
to tastehoney

Method

  1. Break the cinnamon sticks in half and boil with the water and cloves.
  2. Lower the heat and simmer for 8 minutes.
  3. Turn off the heat, add the lemon peel, cover for 2 minutes, strain and sweeten with honey.

Tip: Broken cinnamon releases more flavour than a whole stick.

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