The so-called fruit tea refers to a drink made of some fruit or melon and fruit together with tea. Fruit tea generally has a good taste and some beneficial effects. The following is a compilation of some fruit teas that we can make at home.

Jujube tea: Soaked with jujube and tea, regular drinking has obvious effects of preventing cancer, preventing cardiovascular diseases and invigorating spleen and appetizing. Drinking jujube with tea and licorice soup can improve anemia, thrombocytopenic purpura and night sweats in menopausal women. Pear, tea, pear peeled and cut into small pieces, soaked in tea, has the functions of protecting liver, helping digestion and stimulating appetite. Stewing rock sugar, tea and pear together can not only eliminate phlegm, cure asthma, strengthen stomach and moisten lungs, but also have a good effect on maintaining throat, which is very suitable for singers and broadcasters to drink.

Pear tea: Pear tastes sweet and cool. Making tea with pears helps digestion, protects the liver and stimulates appetite. Some people stew pears with rock sugar and tea, which can not only reduce phlegm and reduce fire, moisten the lungs and clear the heart, but also be suitable for patients with cough, polydipsia and aphonia.

Orange tea: oranges with good color, fragrance and taste can promote human metabolism. Drinking orange meat and tea with boiled water has a certain effect on cancer prevention. If fresh and clean orange peel is taken with boiled water together with white sugar, it can relieve bloating, promote fluid production and moisten throat, clear away heat and relieve cough.

Apricot tea: Apricot fruit is sweet and warm. Apricot fruit tea brewed with dried apricots and tea leaves has the effects of moistening lung, relieving asthma, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on cancer. Drinking apricot tea often can also relieve cough, asthma, phlegm and laxative, but don't drink too much at a time.

Banana tea: peeled and ground bananas are added to tea, and then some honey is added to drink, which can play the role of diuresis, detumescence and laxation. It has obvious effect on treating hypertension, arteriosclerosis, peptic ulcer and coronary heart disease.

Hawthorn tea: Hawthorn is sour, sweet and slightly warm, which has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. When making, fresh hawthorn is washed, seeded, sliced, put into a cup and brewed with tea to make hawthorn tea. Drinking hawthorn tea made of hawthorn and tea often has obvious effects of lowering serum cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, diuresis and sedation. In addition, it can promote digestion, remove stasis, stop diarrhea, detoxify and resolve phlegm, and assist in the treatment of hernia in children.

herbal tea

Herbal tea, herbal tea, scented tea or herbal tea are all called herbal tea in English, which refers to a beverage made by decocting or brewing the roots, stems, leaves, flowers or skins of natural plants after being dried separately or comprehensively. The natural aroma and special taste produced are completely free of caffeine and cholesterol. This compound herbal tea is made of several kinds of flowers and plants with different tastes. Usually according to the health care characteristics of each kind of flowers and plants, or their tastes are complementary. Because it is not a single material, the taste is blended, and flowers with various functions are brewed together, which obviously has a strengthening effect, so consumers are eager for it. However, the average consumer is not sure about the situation, so it is recommended not to mix them themselves to avoid improper drug compatibility.

Nowadays, a new tea drinking fashion is quietly emerging, that is, drinking herbal tea. Herbal tea, soaked in a transparent glass, is colorful, red and red; Green honeysuckle; Orange lily, golden lotus; Purple roses and peonies; White tribute chrysanthemum, etc. , is colorful and beautiful. It can not only make you feel the beauty and fragrance of herb tea, but also has the efficacy of health care and beauty. Therefore, it has won the love of more and more urban women and become a beautiful scenery in urban drinks.

According to experts, only thirty or forty kinds of flowers are suitable for drinking, such as red roses, azaleas, chrysanthemums, trollius, lilies, honeysuckle, Tibetan red snow, violets, hibiscus flowers and peony flowers. Most of these flowers have the functions of eliminating diseases and health care, such as honeysuckle, tribute chrysanthemum and lotus plumule, which have the functions of clearing away lung heat, relieving cough and detoxifying; Trollius chinensis and Tibetan red snow can nourish the liver and improve eyesight, strengthen the stomach and enhance the immune function of the body; Loquat flower can eliminate phlegm and edema of throat; Violet will change with the water temperature when brewing, so it is called "magician" in scented tea. Regular drinking can eliminate eye fatigue and has the effect of treating colds and relieving cough. Many flowers are very beneficial to women's beauty beauty, such as red roses, which can promote blood circulation and maintain beauty; Hibiscus is rich in vitamin C and malic acid, which is most suitable for middle-aged women's diet. In addition, there are peony flowers, azaleas, roses and so on. In addition to promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, it has an auxiliary effect on freckles, chloasma and acne, and is a good helper for women to pursue beauty. Herbal teas include lavender, verbena, lemon grass, sage, delphinium and hyssop. There are many combinations between different varieties according to their medicinal properties. Therefore, in the face of "colorful", while appreciating and admiring, we must know what our body needs and buy it according to the best plan. In the case of uncertainty, it is best not to match it yourself. Only by drinking scientifically can we fully enjoy the beauty, nature and health of herbal tea.

The most important thing for making herbal tea is the water quality and water temperature. It is best to choose mountain spring water for making tea, so that the tea soup will not change color, with less impurities and tastes the best. As for the water temperature, it must be high enough. Even when making tea, boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius is suitable.

Prepare herbal tea, honey, sugar, fresh milk, lemon, etc. You can add it according to your own taste, so as not to overshadow the natural color and fragrance of herbal tea. If there is an inappropriate fragrance, you can focus on seasoning, or you can neutralize the taste by compounding flowers. Herbal tea can also be paired with light foods, such as biscuits, salads and puddings. Especially snacks mixed with flowers complement each other. Of course, we should also join the mood of the breeze blowing under the blue sky.

When drinking tea, you can choose a glass tea set, hold a transparent glass in your hand, watch the petals stretch and fluctuate in the water, gently rotate, drink a mouthful of scented tea and listen to the wind and birds singing outside. After a long time, you will have a sweet feeling: how beautiful nature is.

In addition, I would like to introduce some practices of herbal tea to you, hoping to bring you a good mood.

Pink Lady

Ingredients: 3 grams of rosemary, 3 grams of pink rose, honey 15 ml; Methods: Rosmar5minus officinalis and Rosa rugosa were soaked in 500ml hot water for 5 minutes, and then the tea residue was taken out. Adding honey and stirring until dissolved; Features: Rosemary can prevent flatulence, abdominal pain and headache. Pink roses are more fragrant than red roses, and can strengthen the liver, stomach, beauty, menstruation and blood circulation.

Idle flower land.

Raw materials: lavender 3g, jasmine 3g, honey15ml; Methods: Lavender and jasm5mine were soaked in 500ml hot water for 5 minutes, and then the tea residue was taken out. Add honey, stir until dissolved, and pour into a cup. Features: Lavender has the functions of relieving stress and sleeping, while Jasmine has the functions of relaxing bowels and losing weight.

Ice and snow tenderness

Ingredients: 2g lavender, 2g bodhi, 2g mint, honey15ml; Methods: Lavender, bodhi and 5min were added into 500ml hot water, soaked for 5 minutes, and then the tea residue was taken out. Add honey, stir until dissolved, and pour into a cup. Features: Bodhi can soothe the nerves, lose weight and prevent arteriosclerosis, insomnia and joint pain. Mint can eliminate phlegm, strengthen stomach and treat headache and sore throat.

Ice cream vanilla tea

First, mix the flower drinks into cold drinks and pour them into a beautiful cup, which is about nine minutes full. Then scoop out a mass of ice cream with an ice cream spoon and put it on the flower drink. Remember to use iced drinks. If the ice cream melts as soon as it is put in, it will affect the taste of tea.

Fruit pudding herbal tea

First make the flower drink into a cold drink, and then add a proper amount of fruit to improve the taste of the flower drink. For example, fruit granules, diced fruit or sliced fruit can be used, depending on the type of flower drink. For example, blueberry-flavored flower and fruit tea can add acidic fruits, such as kiwi fruit (smiling) or sweet orange slices.

Flavor herbal tea

After brewing the flower drink, add the plum and stir it a little. Wait about 3 minutes, and there will be a cup of delicious candied tea. Flowers can drink hot or cold drinks, and candied fruits can also use figs and dried kumquat. Depending on the taste, the main function is only to add flavor.

Jam herbal tea

After the flower is brewed, add 1 teaspoon of applesauce or other jam, stir and drink. Both hot and cold drinks will do. It should be noted that if jam, honey or rock sugar are added, the dosage should be reduced or even not put.

All kinds of scented tea

● Jasmine tea

Efficacy: It can remove fat, clear intestines, stimulate appetite, help to relieve tension and eliminate depression.

Formula: dried jasmine 10g, green tea 5g.

Brewing method: Brewing in boiling water for about 10 minute.

● Chrysanthemum tea

Efficacy: Improve eyesight, effectively relieve eye fatigue and early symptoms of cold.

Formula: 20g chrysanthemum, 5g green tea and a little rock sugar.

Brewing method: brew in boiling water for about 10 minute, add a little rock sugar and mix well before drinking.

● Wild chrysanthemum tea

Efficacy: Detoxify, effectively relieve symptoms such as red eyes and urine caused by excessive internal heat.

Formula: 20g wild chrysanthemum, 5g green tea and a little rock sugar.

Brewing method: brew in boiling water for about 10 minute, add a little rock sugar and mix well before drinking.

● Honeysuckle tea

Efficacy: Clearing fire, relieving symptoms such as swollen gums and sore throat caused by excessive internal heat.

Formula: 20g dried honeysuckle, 5g green tea and a little salt.

Brewing method: boil about 3 cups of water, put honeysuckle into the freshly boiled water and simmer for 2 minutes; Add green tea; Soak for about 3 minutes; Filter the tea liquid, add a little salt and mix well before drinking.

● Rose tea

Efficacy: beautify the skin and relieve abdominal distension and abdominal pain during menstruation.

Formula: dried rose 10g, black tea 5g, a little rock sugar.

Brewing method: brew in boiling water for about 10 minute, add a little rock sugar and mix well before drinking.

● Trollius tea

Materials: the top grade is the wild medicinal materials in the Great Wall Plateau at an altitude of 1000-2200m;

Brewing time: boiling water for 5 minutes;

Color: natural and transparent golden yellow;

Taste: refreshing and slightly bitter;

Efficacy: nourishing skin and moistening skin, clearing and moistening throat, refreshing brain, promoting digestion and eliminating boredom.

Subjective evaluation: it can be drunk with any one or more of tea, medlar, American ginseng slices and lotus seeds. There is a folk saying that "three flowers are better than two teas" and it is known as "Longjing Tea beyond the Great Wall".

● Lily tea

Materials: the top grade is perennial herbs in Turpan basin, Xinjiang;

Brewing time: stew for about 10 minute;

Color: golden yellow;

Taste: sweet and bitter;

Efficacy: cool and moisten the lungs, remove fire and soothe the nerves.

Subjective evaluation: Lily is slightly cold and flat. Besides its high medicinal and edible value, it is the first choice for cool drinks in hot summer.

● Thousand-day red tea

Ingredients: the top grade is amaranthaceae plants on the snow-capped mountains of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau;

Brewing time: brewing with boiling water;

Color: delicate light pink;

Taste: light and a little sweet;

Efficacy: Qingfei Sanjie, reduce blood lipid and blood pressure.

Subjective evaluation: the appearance is pleasing to the eye and refreshing. Drinking this kind of tea often can delay aging.

● Chrysanthemum tea

Materials? Top grade is produced in Tibet at an altitude of 3500? On the 6000-meter plateau snow-capped mountains;

Brewing time: boiling water will have a fragrance;

Color: clear and transparent golden yellow;

Taste: light and a little sweet;

Efficacy: anti-fatigue, anti-aging, improving human microcirculation and regulating human immune function.

Subjective evaluation: the petals of dried flowers are full, the colors are bright, they embrace immediately when they meet water, and they are shy. The bouquet can also be used as decorative dried flowers.

● Lantern scented tea

Materials: mostly produced in southwest China;

Brewing time: stew with hot water for 5 ~ 7 minutes, and the grass will have fragrance;

Color: pure and transparent light gold;

Taste: bitter;

Efficacy: It has obvious therapeutic effect on kidney deficiency, kidney deficiency, waist and knee pain, limb spasm and so on.

Subjective evaluation: after entering the water, the flower shape is still full, the color is bright and bright, but it has bitterness, which is the so-called good flower bitterness.

● Roselle tea

Materials: 3 ~ 5 pieces;

Brewing time: stew for 7 minutes and enjoy;

Color: rich pink purple;

Taste: sweet and slightly sour;

Efficacy: beauty and freckle removal, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat;

Subjective evaluation: add a little honey and rock sugar to drink, and the color is as rich as drinking red wine.

● Hangzhou chrysanthemum tea

The efficacy of chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum morifolium is the dried flower head of Chrysanthemum morifolium in Compositae. Historically, it has enjoyed the reputation of "Chrysanthemum Longjing Tea" and is one of the famous Chinese herbal medicines exported from Zhejiang.

Chrysanthemum contains stevioside, amino acids, flavonoids, vitamins and trace elements. Traditional Chinese medicine research shows that chrysanthemum has the functions of nourishing liver, improving eyesight, clearing heart and tonifying kidney, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach, moistening throat and promoting fluid production, and regulating blood lipid. Drinking this product often can warm up the dampness in spring, quench thirst in summer, relieve dryness in autumn and clear fire in winter. Beauty beauty, nourishing blood, refreshing, enhancing vitality, delaying aging and prolonging life. It is an efficient and value-added health drink, which sells well at home and abroad.

Medicinal efficacy of chrysanthemum

Ingredients: contains volatile oil, inulin, amino acids, flavonoids, vitamins and trace elements.

Efficacy: It has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing away heat, detoxifying and improving eyesight, and is suitable for people with head discomfort, depression and irritability, wind-heat cold, liver fire inflammation, dry mouth, eye congestion, keratitis, early cataract, hyperactivity of liver yang, hyperlipidemia, etc. Other functions of modern research: 1. Sedative effect on central nervous system; 2. It has antipyretic effect; 3. Enhance capillary resistance and dilate coronary artery; 4. It has bacteriostatic effect (Chrysanthemum decoction and water immersion have strong bacteriostatic effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, Proteus, Typhoid Bacillus and Paratyphoid Bacillus). It is also used for bathing in water, which can prevent skin itching and make skin smooth.