After a nice walk in the frosty air what could be better to warm us up? Healthy homemade tea from easily accessible ingredients straight from our kitchen.

Sitting by the fireplace, listening to kids, grandparents stories or simply staying on the sofa wrapped into a cozy blanket, reading and sipping delicious tea.
Easy but priceless.
It also has a lot of health benefits. Especially this time of the year when our immune system might need a boost. It is highly recommended for any member of the family regardless to age.

Ingredients:

1 Orange
1 Lemon
2 Cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon Cloves
4 Mint leaves
4 cup / 2000ml Hot water

Hot to make winter afternoon tea

Slice and de-seed half of the orange and lemon, squeeze the other half into a cup.
Chuck the cinnamon, cloves, mint, sliced orange and lemon into a big jug whilst boiling a kettle of water.
When water boiled simply pour it into the jug and leave it for at least for 5 minutes before the orange and lemon juice added too. Now it’s ready to drink!

Enjoy!

Health benefits:

Orange well known for being a rich source of vitamin C, antioxidant. It helps to reduce inflammatory conditions such as rheumatic arthritis or asthma.

Lemon is a great supply of a lot of different vitamins such as C, A, B6, E and it has other nourishing elements like calcium, magnesium or folate. It helps to maintain the immune system. It balances the pH level in the body and prevents the formation of wrinkles. Also helps with digestion.

Cinnamon sticks reduce risk of heart disease, lower blood sugar level (antidiabetic), fights bacterial and fungal infection.

Cloves used for a lot of different things such as upset stomach, cough, nausea or toothache.

Mint has one of the highest antioxidants capacities of any food. Effective in relieving seasonal allergy and also anti-inflammatory.

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