Cinnamon Tea – Cookie and Kate

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 alternative 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 scent wonderful.

When you 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 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 approach to unwind.

Cinnamon Tea Advantages

Apart from tasting nice, cinnamon tea caught my consideration as a approach to doubtlessly enhance blood sugar ranges and decrease insulin resistance. Given the chance, cinnamon tea might supply advantages to diabetics and ladies with PCOS. If reducing blood sugar is your aim, it’s greatest to keep away from including sweeteners like sugar or honey to your drink, which could have the other impact.

Cinnamon can be very excessive in polyphenol antioxidants, which can assist your physique combat 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!

Sorts of Cinnamon

While you learn concerning 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, significantly Cassia cinnamon, might injury the liver and improve the chance of bleeding.

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

Tips on how to Make Cinnamon Tea

Whereas this recipe is easy, how lengthy you simmer (and steep) the tea is surprisingly necessary. I made cinnamon tea time and again to seek out the strategy that yields the very best outcomes with the purest cinnamon taste.

Multiply the recipe as wanted—for every cup of water, embrace 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. When 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 big quantity of taste because it cools.
4. Pour the combination by way of a mesh strainer into your mug. Get pleasure from whereas heat, or chill it for as much as 4 days (reheat or get pleasure from it chilly). 

Shortcut Possibility

This shortcut methodology is tremendous straightforward. 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 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 Tips on how 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 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, complete milk or every other plain creamer that you simply get pleasure from.
• Make it additional spicy: Add a few complete 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 supplied on the bundle. Or go rogue with the idea and take a look at including a cinnamon follow your cup of scorching espresso (I like 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 range 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 big quantity of taste every time they’re used. They take a very long time to air dry, and I fearful about mildew or micro organism rising whereas moist.

Extra Drinks to Heat You Up

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

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

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