The five most popular tea recipes in the world

Tea is considered their national drink and the Chinese, and Russians, and the British. Each country has its own traditions of tea drinking and its own ways of making tea. We offer some of the most popular recipes with a national flavor

Tea is one of the oldest drinks and, according to statisticians and scientists, the most common on the globe. In some countries, tea is honored and valued along with bread. There are people for whom it is not only a drink, but also food, for example, salted fatty tea, which is traditionally drunk by steppe nomads.

Kalmyk tea with jomba salt

The tradition of brewing tea with milk and salting it was adopted by the Kalmyks from the Mongols. In general, this drink for many centuries was traditional for many peoples of Central Asia. The ancient Mongols roamed the border with China and borrowed from their neighbors the tradition of drinking green tea. But in the arid Mongolian desert, milk was much more accessible than water, so tea was brewed with milk. And nomads carried with them not the usual crumbly tea, but compressed into compact briquettes. Kalmyk tea is an energy drink, in fact, a nutritious dish. It takes two cups of jomba with a piece of homemade bread to recharge and not be hungry for a long time. Therefore, for satiety, oil was also added to tea. And the salt in Kalmyk tea not only does not interfere with quenching thirst, but also controls the water balance in the body.

Kalmyk tea recipe

2 teaspoons of green tea are placed in 0.5 liters of water and boiled for 5 minutes on low heat. Then pour hot milk (0.5 l), salt and cook for another 8 minutes. In the strained tea put 50 g of butter and again brought to a boil.

English tea with milk

The English really like to drink tea with milk. Although now almost no one adheres to the tradition of arranging fife-o-klok - a traditional tea party at 17.00. True English tea is brewed by adding hot strong brewing to milk already poured into cups, not vice versa. Here's why. Porcelain utensils, into which boiling water was poured, often cracked and fell apart right on the table. To avoid this trouble, they began to pour hot brewing into pre-drinked cold milk. And the tea tasted softer. If you decide to treat yourself to tea in English, take note that oatmeal, muffins or toast with jam are ideal for its milky taste.

English tea recipe

English tea is brewed in such proportions. For one portion, take 1 teaspoon of dry tea, 2/3 cup of boiling water, 1/3 cup of milk. Brewed tea is added to a cup that already has milk – this is a strict rule. Its violation spoils the taste and aroma of tea.

Russian lemon tea

It is customary for us to add a circle of fragrant lemon to a cup of tea. But in the West, this combination seems exotic. And the usual drink with citrus abroad is called “tea in Russian”. A slice of lemon lightens the tea, acidifies and adds a fresh aroma to it. In addition, lemon changes the main properties of tea, reducing its strength, neutralizing thein and its negative effect on the heart. In addition, lemon is a source of useful vitamin C. "Russian tea" quenches thirst and restores strength, so doctors often recommend drinking sweet tea with lemon recovering. At the tea table, the lemon is usually served separately, sliced in circles, on a saucer. And put a odorous loaf only in the final - when hot tea is already poured into cups. Any traditional Russian “snack” for tea will suit a fragrant drink with lemon: jam, sweet pies and cakes, chocolate, candies. And according to the old Russian tradition, you do not need to limit yourself to tea drinking, remembering the saying: “Tea is not vodka, you will not drink much.”

Russian lemon tea

Cups are half filled with strong brewing (excessive fortress can not be afraid - lemon still neutralizes it). Pour cool boiling water, put a slice of lemon in tea and wait for a circle of solar citrus to give its aroma to a hot drink.

Legend has attributed the invention of ice tea to an English merchant named Blechinden. At the 1904 World's Fair, held in the hot American city of St. Louis, no one wanted to buy hot tea from his buffet. Then an enterprising grocer came up with the idea to serve the drink cold, and even putting pieces of crushed ice in a glass. But opponents of this version claim that the first recipes of cold tea can be found in the archival filings of American newspapers back in the 60s of the XIX century. And some historians from cooking generally believe that for the first time ice in tea with lemon began to be added in Russia, and this recipe was brought to the American continent by Russian settlers. “Where did I go” iced tea in American is unknown. But statistics say that 85% of Americans are fond of ice-ti. “Ice tea” is drunk without eating anything to quench thirst and cool down. American ice-ti

American Ice-Tee Recipe

4 teaspoons of tea (green or black - at your choice) pour a glass of boiling water, briefly insist (2-3 minutes), filter and dilute a glass of cold water. Add sugar, slices of lime or lemon and pour into tall glasses filled with 2/3 ice.

German lime tea

The inhabitants of Germany have a good tradition of drinking tea, flavoring it with a lime decoction. This hot drink, which is distinguished by its natural sweetness and incomparable aroma, perfectly tones, removes toxins from the body and, if necessary, eliminates the first signs of a cold. This tea is not necessarily sweetened, it is sweet due to natural sugars. To make the drink especially tasty, the Germans recommend adding a little honey to the cup. Prepare German tea, pouring instead of water to brew black tea infusion of linden flowers. Immediately it is worth noting that it is better to collect lime color outside the city, away from roadways and factory emissions. If this is not possible, then those who want to taste tea in German should go to the pharmacy for linden flowers.

Fake tea recipe

1⁄4 cup of dry lime color pour 1 liter of hot (90 - 95 degrees) water. But not with boiling water! The teapot is tightly closed and withstand the lime infusion for 20 - 30 minutes. You can drink lime tea in its pure form. And you can add a brew to it and flavor with a teaspoon of honey.

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