7 rules for brewing tea

Herbal tea has cleansing properties, improves metabolism. But even such drinks are delicious and flavorful.

But the useful properties do not end there. For example, if you wake up in the morning is very difficult, and at night can not sleep do not just drink coffee or sleeping pills. Just brew tea from lemon balm, stevia he perfectly invigorates and tea hawthorn or acacia help sweet sleep.

 Also, some teas at different temperatures for different effects. For example, iced tea from the leaves of black currant and sage will greatly help with the sultry summer weather, as it was capable of such a drink to quench your thirst. But if it brew and drink hot, make you sweat, this tea is an excellent assistant for colds.

But in order to be maximally useful teas need to know all the nuances of the preparation. So remember that all need to prepare broths on a steam bath. All herbs are in need of long-term heat treatment (10-15 minutes) should be prepared in a glass, enamel or porcelain dish. Since the long-term contact with the metal beverage lose all its useful properties.

 In the preparation of crushed roots or fruit, for example, rose hips, it is recommended to brew tea and infuse for several hours and preferably in a thermos. Hips desirable cut into 4 pieces and pour boiling water (200 g) and add 5 g lemon juice. This tea must boil for 10 minutes in an enamel pot with the lid closed.

 Also in the use of herbal teas should remember what and when to drink, as some teas have a calming effect, while others, on the contrary, tonic. For example, angelica, wild strawberry leaves, flowers and clover leaves, lemongrass, lavender, lovage have a tonic effect, so their line of drink in the morning.

  But St. John's wort, fireweed, raspberry (leaves), peppermint, chamomile, lemon balm, primrose, leaf cherries have soothing properties and can drink in the evening. To enrich your body with vitamins and not feel the spring vitamin deficiency, then you need to drink teas: raspberry leaves, blackberry, black currant, nettle, carrot, rose hips, mountain ash, barberry, buckthorn, black currant.

Excellent vitamin properties of this tea has 20 grams of dried rose hips, 10 g of dried fruits of mountain ash, 5 g of dried oregano leaves, 200 ml of water. All the ingredients are crushed and pour boiling water and boil for 5 minutes, then add the oregano and leave to infuse for 10 minutes.