Cinnamon Tea – Cookie and Kate

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

For those who benefit from the spice think about 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 in the event you’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 excellent 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 stunning approach to unwind.

Cinnamon Tea Advantages

Moreover tasting nice, cinnamon tea caught my consideration as a approach to doubtlessly enhance blood sugar ranges and decrease insulin resistance. Given the likelihood, cinnamon tea might provide 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 could have the other impact.

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

Varieties of Cinnamon

Once you learn in regards to the potential well being advantages of cinnamon consumption, take into account which sort is referenced. Make your cinnamon tea with Ceylon cinnamon, in any other case often called “true cinnamon” or cinnamomum verum. Consuming massive quantities of different varieties of cinnamon, notably Cassia cinnamon, might injury the liver and enhance the chance of bleeding.

You may strive making cinnamon tea with any cinnamon sticks you’ve got at house, however in the event you begin consuming it repeatedly, please swap to Ceylon cinnamon sticks. I purchase natural Ceylon cinnamon sticks from Frontier Co-op on Amazon.

The right way to Make Cinnamon Tea

Whereas this recipe is easy, how lengthy you simmer (and steep) the tea is surprisingly vital. I made cinnamon tea time and again to search out the tactic that yields one of the best 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. Scale back the warmth to low and gently simmer for 10 minutes, lined. For those who simmer any longer, the tea tastes flat and turns a boring brown colour.
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 via a mesh strainer into your mug. Get pleasure from whereas heat, or chill it for as much as 4 days (reheat or take pleasure in it chilly). 

Shortcut Possibility

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 desires time to chill to a protected temperature anyway). You may 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 The right way to Make Cinnamon Tea

Cinnamon Tea Variations

Listed here are a number of scrumptious spins on cinnamon tea.

• Make it candy: Stir in honey, maple syrup, or sugar, to style. Whereas I take pleasure in 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 every other plain creamer that you simply take pleasure in.
• Make it additional spicy: Add a few entire cloves, or a cardamom pod. You may additionally strive thinly sliced contemporary 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 provided on the package deal. Or go rogue with the idea and take a look at including a cinnamon persist with your cup of sizzling espresso (I adore it).
• Get pleasure from it chilly: This tea is good over ice as properly. Let it cool to room temperature and refrigerate it for later.

Cinnamon Tea Notes

• Count on 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 recommend 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 mildew or micro organism rising whereas moist.

Extra Drinks to Heat You Up

For those who take pleasure in 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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