Cinnamon Tea – Cookie and Kate

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Let’s heat up with a mug of cinnamon tea! Cinnamon tea (té de canela in Spanish) has turn out to be my drink of selection throughout cool climate. It’s scorching and properly spicy however not overwhelmingly so. Cinnamon’s inherent sweetness makes it a well-balanced drink. Plus, it makes the home odor superb.

Should you benefit from the spice consider masala chai tea, you’ll love cinnamon tea, and it’s really easy to make. Make your drink creamy with a splash of milk, or sweeten it with honey if you happen to’d like. I like mine plain or with a splash of heavy cream, relying on my temper.

This cinnamon tea is caffeine-free, so it’s good for sipping previous midday. My husband and I’ve gotten into the behavior of sipping cinnamon tea after our daughter goes to mattress, which is a beautiful solution to unwind.

Cinnamon Tea Advantages

In addition to tasting nice, cinnamon tea caught my consideration as a solution to potentially improve blood sugar levels and decrease insulin resistance. Given the chance, cinnamon tea might supply advantages to diabetics and ladies with PCOS. If reducing blood sugar is your purpose, it’s greatest to keep away from including sweeteners like sugar or honey to your drink, which may have the alternative impact.

Cinnamon can be very excessive in polyphenol antioxidants, which can assist your physique battle off free radicals. Its anti-inflammatory properties will help enhance ldl cholesterol. Plus, it’s antibacterial and antifungal. I’m not a nutritionist, however cinnamon positive seems like a winner!

Kinds of Cinnamon

While you learn in regards to the potential health benefits of cinnamon consumption, contemplate which sort is referenced. Make your cinnamon tea with Ceylon cinnamon, in any other case generally known as “true cinnamon” or cinnamomum verum. Consuming massive quantities of different forms of cinnamon, particularly Cassia cinnamon, might injury the liver and enhance the chance of bleeding.

You may strive making cinnamon tea with any cinnamon sticks you’ve at house, however if you happen to begin ingesting it recurrently, please swap to Ceylon cinnamon sticks. I purchase organic Ceylon cinnamon sticks from Frontier Co-op on Amazon.

Find out how to Make Cinnamon Tea

Whereas this recipe is straightforward, how lengthy you simmer (and steep) the tea is surprisingly essential. I made cinnamon tea over and over to search out the strategy that yields the perfect outcomes with the purest cinnamon taste.

Multiply the recipe as wanted—for every cup of water, embody one cinnamon stick.

1. In a saucepan, mix the water and cinnamon stick(s). Cowl the pan so the water doesn’t evaporate. Convey the combination to a hearty simmer over medium warmth. 
2. Cut back the warmth to low and gently simmer for 10 minutes, lined. Should you simmer any longer, the tea tastes flat and turns a uninteresting brown coloration.
3. Take away the pot from the warmth and let it steep for 10 minutes. Cinnamon releases a major quantity of taste because it cools.
4. Pour the combination by way of a mesh strainer into your mug. Take pleasure in whereas heat, or chill it for as much as 4 days (reheat or get pleasure from it chilly). 

Shortcut Choice

This shortcut technique is tremendous simple. The draw back is that it makes use of twice as a lot cinnamon.

1. Convey one cup water to a boil, then pour it over two cinnamon sticks in a mug.
2. Let the cinnamon steep for 10 minutes earlier than sipping or including cream (it turns into spicier because it cools, and wishes time to chill to a secure temperature anyway). You possibly can rigorously take away the cinnamon sticks at this level in the event that they hassle you, however I often depart them there.

That’s it!

Watch Find out how to Make Cinnamon Tea

Cinnamon Tea Variations

Listed below are just a few scrumptious spins on cinnamon tea.

• Make it candy: Stir in honey, maple syrup, or sugar, to style. Whereas I get pleasure from my tea unsweetened, cinnamon and honey is a match made in heaven.
• Make it creamy: Add a splash of half-and-half, cream, entire milk or another plain creamer that you just get pleasure from.
• Make it additional spicy: Add a few entire cloves, or a cardamom pod. You possibly can additionally strive thinly sliced recent ginger or turmeric.
• Make it citrusy: Steep your tea with a pair skinny slices of orange or lemon.
• Make it caffeinated: When you’ve eliminated the pot from the warmth, steep black or inexperienced tea for the size of time supplied on the bundle. Or go rogue with the idea and check out including a cinnamon stick with your cup of scorching espresso (I like it).
• Take pleasure in it chilly: This tea is good over ice as effectively. Let it cool to room temperature and refrigerate it for later.

Cinnamon Tea Notes

• Anticipate the depth of your tea to fluctuate a bit from batch to batch. Some cinnamon sticks weigh greater than others (mine vary from 4 to 7 grams) and a few inherently appear to have stronger taste than others.
• Some recipes counsel reusing your cinnamon sticks, however I don’t advocate it. They lose a major quantity of taste every time they’re used. They take a very long time to air dry, and I frightened about mould or micro organism rising whereas moist.

Extra Drinks to Heat You Up

Should you get pleasure from this cinnamon tea, take a look at these warming drinks. Browse extra drinks right here.

Please let me know the way you want your cinnamon tea within the feedback! I really like listening to from you.

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