Hot Lemon Tea with Honey

 

Hot Lemon Tea

 

Hot lemon tea is a unique and excellent combination of mild sweet, sour and bitter tastes.  It’s very soothing for the throat, esp. when we have throat pain, throat irritation and cough.  If you keep drinking hot lemon tea for 4 or 5 times a day, during these times you can observe the difference. (pain will subside and cough will come down) It’s very much palatable for an irritated or painful throat that you reach for it again and again.

It also aids digestion, which is very important in general and during flu, in particular.

It’s a common beverage called Teh-limau in Singapore-Malaysian restaurants and hawker centres, but they add sugar instead of honey. I’ve always observed them using lime and not lemon. I’ve tried both with lemon and lime, but the latter tastes better.

Freshly squeezed lime juice.

 

 

 

Honey

 

Ingredients:

 

Wescobee Honey From Australia

Water – 5 to 6 Cups

Lime _ 5 to 6

Tea bag – 1

Honey – 4 to 5 tbsp. (can alter according to taste)

 

Method:

Mild tea


 

Hot Lemon Tea

 

 

Boil water in a bowl, after it reaches boiling point, switch off the stove. Avoid over-boiling it.  Drop one Tea bag into it and dip for few seconds. When it becomes light brown, take it out.  Otherwise, it will turn bitter. Add juice of 5 to 6 limes and honey. Combine well and serve hot.  Store rest of the tea in big Flask and drink whenever you want.  It will last for almost 6 to 7 hours, consume within that time.

 

Hot Lemon Tea - Teh Limau!