Cooling Snow Pears and Apples in a Chrysanthemum Tea
Cooling Snow Pears and Apples in a Chrysanthemum Tea
Tea Name:
Cooling Snow Pears and Apples in a Chrysanthemum Tea
Traditional Chinese Name:
雪梨蘋果菊花清熱茶 (xuě lí píng guǒ jú huā qīng rè chá)
Nature: Cooling
Taste: Sweet and sour
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When it’s hot, stuffy and the temperatures are blowing the thermometers through the roof, this deliciously sweet and tart tea is perfect for this type of weather!
The mercury hit 32 C yesterday and what better way to cool the body than with a cooling, sweet tea that can help reduce internal heat, clears and disperses dryness, and moistens the lungs and stomach.
The amazing thing about this tea is that you can also enjoy the snow pear and apples as part of the tea. With the right cook time of 10 minutes, parts of the fruit are still semi-crunchy! So delicious! And you don’t need to add any sugar or honey because of the natural sugars of the fruit.
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Serves: 2 cups
- 0.5 fresh snow pear, cubed (skin on)
- 0.5 fresh apple, cubed (skin on)
- 1 teaspoon of dried chrysanthemum flower buds
- 1 teaspoon of dried goji berries
- 2 cups of water
- Cut up your snow pears and apples into cubes, keeping the skin on. This helps hold it together and not disintegrate, but actually, from a Traditional Chinese Medicine benefit perspective, it’s the skins that hold the most value! I talk about this below a little more!
- In a stove top safe ceramic or glass pot, add all your ingredients together
- Boil on medium high for 10 minutes, or until it’s bubbling for at least a good 5 minutes to really get the flavours out
- Serve and enjoy!
- You don’t need to add any honey or sugars at all!
Snow pear are amazing for cooling and moisturizing the body, targeting the lungs and stomach. It’s perfect for yin deficiencies (which includes cough) and reducing fire in the body and lungs.
It’s actually the skin of the snow pear that has the most power! That’s why I keep them on when I’m making a tea with them or a soup. And they provide a good source of fiber for the body.
Alternatively, if you don’t eat snow pear skins when you’re having the fruit, I would suggest to keep the peeled skin to dry, or freeze in a ziploc to save for use in soups or teas, but you don’t need to eat them!
