Now is the time to eat grapefruit. There are many people who like to eat grapefruit. Every time I buy grapefruit, I will save some to make honey grapefruit tea. Mainly because I like drinking honey grapefruit tea very much. And the method is relatively simple, but I found that the honey grapefruit tea tasted bitter after I made it several times. So how can I make the honey grapefruit tea not bitter? Why is homemade honey grapefruit tea bitter?
1. How to make honey grapefruit tea without bitterness
1. Prepare a fresh grapefruit, appropriate amount of honey, rock sugar, water and salt.
2. Wash the fresh grapefruit with warm boiled water and remove the fruit wax on the surface.
3. Then use a knife to score a few lines on the grapefruit to separate the skin and pulp of the grapefruit.
4. Then lay the grapefruit peel flat on the table, and then use a fruit knife to remove all the white flesh. The cleaner it is, the less bitter it will taste.
5. After removing the white flesh, cut the grapefruit peel into shreds, then soak it in light salt water and put it in the refrigerator for one night, because low temperature also has a certain effect on removing bitterness.
6. Then put the grapefruit peel into a cold water pot and cook for 10 minutes. Then remove the water from the grapefruit peel and wring it dry.
7. After processing the grapefruit skin, process the grapefruit meat. Be sure to remove the white tendons and white skin of the grapefruit meat, otherwise it will become bitter.
8. Put the grapefruit peel and grapefruit meat into the pot together, boil it with water, when it boils, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, stir continuously with clean chopsticks, and cook for about 40 minutes. Turn off the heat and take out the pan.
9. After the grapefruit has cooled naturally, find a clean honey bottle, put one layer of grapefruit and one layer of honey into the bottle, and finally cover the grapefruit completely. Wait for a week and you can drink honey grapefruit tea that is delicious and not bitter.
2. Why homemade honey grapefruit tea is bitter?
The reason why homemade honey grapefruit tea is bitter is that the grapefruit has not been processed properly, because the grapefruit peel and pulp themselves have a bitter taste. If these If it is not processed properly, soaking it in honey will make the bitter taste stronger, so drinking honey grapefruit tea will also taste bitter.
3. Can you drink it if it becomes bitter?
Whether you can drink honey grapefruit tea if it becomes bitter depends on the specific situation.
If the grapefruit becomes bitter because it has not been processed properly, you can continue to drink it. It will not cause any harm to the human body, but the taste is not very good; if it is because it has been stored for too long , if it becomes bitter, it may be due to deterioration. It is best not to continue drinking to avoid abdominal pain and diarrhea.
4. Precautions for production
1. Before making honey grapefruit tea, the honey and grapefruit prepared must be of good quality, otherwise it will directly affect the taste of honey grapefruit tea.
2. The white flesh inside the grapefruit peel must be removed, otherwise the honey grapefruit tea you make will be bitter and taste bad.
3. When boiling grapefruit, the pot prepared must be clean and oil-free, otherwise the honey grapefruit tea will be bitter.
5. Is it not good to use boiling water to make honey grapefruit tea?
Honey grapefruit tea cannot be made with boiling water.
Honey grapefruit tea is rich in vitamin C. This substance will be destroyed when encountering high temperatures, and the temperature of boiling water is very high. If you brew honey grapefruit directly with boiling water, it will not only make the honey grapefruit There is a certain loss of nutrients, which reduces the efficacy and effect, and also affects the taste, so it is not good to brew it with boiling water.