The use of aromatic and medicinal plants is part of popular culture and they have always been with us both to treat minor ailments and to make our meals more digestive and enriching.
WHY DRINK HERBAL TEAS?
Herbal teas are free from theine, meaning they can be enjoyed all day and all year round, without worrying about stimulating effects. Herbal teas are ideal drinks thanks to the multiple properties that each sip provides us: they are a healthy and natural option for staying hydrated as they give us the necessary amount of fluid our body needs. On top of that, each ingredient brings you different properties that can help contribute to keeping the body healthy.
Types of herbal teas:
Purifying and aiding the digestive system: Digestive and purifying herbal teas
Better quality sleep and calming nerves or stress: Relaxing herbal teas
Vitality and energy-boosting: Revitalising herbal teas
Getting a boost of extra vitamins and minerals: Vitamin-rich herbal teas
WHEN SHOULD I DRINK HERBAL TEAS?
You can make your herbal tea at any time of the day:
- Drink it in the morning as a tonic/revitalising boost
- Drink it during the day to quench your thirst
- To go with your meals and snacks
- After meals, to help promote better digestion
- At night, as a relaxant
- To warm yourself up during winter and autumn.
- To cool down in summer and spring.
3 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR HERBAL TEA
Herbal teas are ideal thanks to their huge versatility of preparations. Do you know how to make herbal tea? Make your cup of herbal tea and enjoy every sip:
- Hot: Infuse 2g (1 measure) at 95º for 5-10 minutes (depending on the type)
To prepare your herbal tea in a teapot: 1 measure (2g) per 200 ml and add 1 extra measure. Ready!
- At room temperature: let the herbal tea cool down or mix it with water at room temperature.
- Iced: making a concentrated preparation using hot water before adding lots of ice at the end.
IDEAS FOR YOUR HERBAL TEA
You can enjoy your herbal tea in a variety of different ways:
-On its own..
-Blended with juice to further enhance its vitamins and minerals.
-With milk or vegetable-based drinks (vegan milk): give your sweet and spiced herbal teas an even creamier texture.
-As an ice lolly or popsicle: perfect for cooling down in the summer in the healthiest and most delicious way.
-In recipes:
Macedonia with Goji Secrets Herbal Tea: enjoy all its properties.
-To make fragrant and exclusive cocktails: sangría recipe.
*The ideas mentioned above are indicative in terms of being able to appreciate the organoleptic features of the herbal tea in question, even when dairy products, derivatives, citrus fruits, or juices are added. Whether you try these ideas or not is a matter of personal taste.
