Christmas tea ( powder )



This is an festive idea to drink tea during holidays as well as offer as a gift to friends .If you give it as a gift , wrap and bind  with  a christmas tag or a card to the bottle.Use best tea and fresh spices to get it more perfectly .

6 tbsp black tea
3 tbsp sugar alternative  or double amount of sugar
2 tsp dried vanilla ,  not powder
Orange peel dried, from an organic orange
1 / 4-1 tsp star anise  ,not powder
1-2 cinnamon sticks
1-2 tsp cloves  ,not powder

Instructions
Dry the orange peel well on the oven or in sunlight  and then break it into 4-6mm pieces
Roughly crush all spices in a mortar to  a crumb like mixture .
Mix all the ingredients with spices  well in a mason jar and let them keep for at least a week.

The tea is brewed for approx. 5 minutes with water at 80-90 ° C (let boiling water cool for 2-3 minutes). Depending on the desired strength, it is best to put 2-3 teaspoons of the tea mixture in a tea bag and pour it over.

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