Cinnamon Tea – Cookie and Kate

Let’s heat up with a mug of cinnamon tea! Cinnamon tea (té de canela in Spanish) has grow to be my drink of selection 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 scent superb.

If you happen to 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 stunning technique to unwind.

Cinnamon Tea Advantages

Apart from tasting nice, cinnamon tea caught my consideration as a technique to probably enhance blood sugar ranges and decrease insulin resistance. Given the likelihood, cinnamon tea could provide advantages to diabetics and ladies with PCOS. If decreasing blood sugar is your objective, it’s finest to keep away from including sweeteners like sugar or honey to your drink, which may have the alternative impact.

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

Sorts of Cinnamon

If you learn in regards to the potential well being advantages of cinnamon consumption, think about which kind is referenced. Make your cinnamon tea with Ceylon cinnamon, in any other case referred to as “true cinnamon” or cinnamomum verum. Consuming giant quantities of different forms of cinnamon, notably Cassia cinnamon, could harm the liver and enhance the danger of bleeding.

You possibly can strive making cinnamon tea with any cinnamon sticks you could have at residence, however if you happen to begin consuming it frequently, please swap to Ceylon cinnamon sticks. I purchase natural Ceylon cinnamon sticks from Frontier Co-op on Amazon.

Methods to Make Cinnamon Tea

Whereas this recipe is easy, how lengthy you simmer (and steep) the tea is surprisingly vital. I made cinnamon tea over and over to seek out the strategy that yields the perfect 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. Carry the combination to a hearty simmer over medium warmth. 
2. Cut back the warmth to low and gently simmer for 10 minutes, lined. If you happen to 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 get pleasure from 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. Carry 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 could possibly rigorously take away the cinnamon sticks at this level in the event that they trouble you, however I often go away them there.

That’s it!

Watch Methods to Make Cinnamon Tea

Cinnamon Tea Variations

Listed below are just a few 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, entire milk or some other plain creamer that you just get pleasure from.
• Make it additional spicy: Add a few entire cloves, or a cardamom pod. You could possibly 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 check out including a cinnamon follow your cup of sizzling espresso (I like it).
• Get pleasure from it chilly: This tea is sweet over ice as effectively. Let it cool to room temperature and refrigerate it for later.

Cinnamon Tea Notes

• Anticipate 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 suggest 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

If you happen to get pleasure from this cinnamon tea, try 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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