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Alyssa Lowery - https://draxe.com/recipe/switchel/

Switchel Recipe

Switchel recipe - Dr. Axe

TOTAL TIME 25 minutes

SERVES Makes 2.25 Quarts

MEAL TYPE Beverages,

Gut-Friendly

DIET TYPE

Gluten-Free,

Gut Health,

Paleo,

Vegan,

garden and grove

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup ginger, chopped

¾ cup maple syrup (or raw honey)

½ cup apple cider vinegar

⅔ cup lemon juice

5½-6 cups water

DIRECTIONS:

Fill a 2-quart saucepan 2/3 with water and add ginger.

Bring water to a boil and allow ginger to boil for about 2 minutes.

Remove from heat and let ginger steep for 20 minutes.

In a 2-quart pitcher, add maple syrup, apple cider vinegar and lemon juice.

Strain ginger as you are pouring into pitcher.

Stir and mix all ingredients well.

Can be served warm or on ice.

\*Add more water to dilute if needed.

Have you heard of switchel? This refreshing drink dates back to the 1700s, when farmers enjoyed the drink on the fields as a way to cool down during hot days.

Today, switchel is experiencing something of a resurgence as it’s become a popular beverage among the hipster crowd. And there’s a good reason for it: with inflammation-reducing ginger and apple cider vinegar, one of my favorite natural remedies, it’s an easy-to-make drink brimming with healing ingredients.

It doesn’t matter what time of year it is — switchel is delicious any season. Let’s make it!

Switchel step 1 - Dr. Axe

Fill a 2-quart saucepan about 2/3 of the way with water and freshly chopped ginger. Bring the water to a boil and let the mix boil for about 2 minutes, then remove the saucepan from the heat and let the ginger steep for another 20 minutes. Switchel step 2 - Dr. AxeThen, in a pitcher, add maple syrup, apple cider vinegar and fresh lemon juice — yum!

Now it’s time to add the ginger water. Use a strainer while pouring the water into the pitcher to keep the chopped ginger out. Stir all the ingredients together.

That’s all there is to making this switchel! You can enjoy this drink either at room temperature or served on ice. You can even give switchel a little kick and add a splash of alcohol, like gin or vodka, to it. It’s a terrific drink to keep on hand to serve kids instead of sugary soft drinks or juices. They’ll love it, too!

**DIY Switchel Recipe**

Kayla- Life - https://blog.radiantlifecatalog.com/diy-switchel-recipe-a-sweet-and-delicious-fermented-drink

By Kayla- Radiant Life

Ingredients

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, raw and unpasteurized

2-3 tablespoons raw honey

1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced or grated

1 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

Place all ingredients in a quart-sized mason jar or another similarly sized glass container. Fill to about an inch below the rim with filtered water. Stir or shake vigorously until all ingredients are combined. Strain off ginger and enjoy immediately, or cover and let sit on the counter overnight to enhance flavor.

**Tisanes/Iced Teas**

**Peach Orange Iced Tea Recipe**

Angela L- Wyatt850-Jennifer Aleman- Lilcat - https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/236465/peach-orange-iced-tea/?internalSource=hub+recipe&referringContentType=Search

8 servings 15 cals Prep 10 m Ready In 1 h 10 m

Ingredients

1 large fresh peach, sliced

1 clementine, peeled and segmented

1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste

8 cups boiling water

4 Earl Grey tea bags

Directions

Place peach, clementine, and sugar in a pitcher. Mash the fruit using a spoon; add water and tea bags and stir.

Refrigerate until cool, about 1 hour. Remove fruit and tea bags using a slotted spoon.

3 Methods To Make Herbal Iced Tea (and a Few Recipes I Love)

Keeper of the Home

https://keeperofthehome.org/3-simple-methods-for-making-herbal-iced-tea/

**How to Make Herbal Iced Tea**

Method #1: Making Herbal Iced Tea by the Glass (for Loose or Bagged Teas)

This method works for both loose teas and bagged teas. If you just want a quick cup of iced tea, or only one serving to try out a flavor, this is the method to use.

Here’s how to do it:

Boil a small amount of water.

Add either your tea bag or loose tea of choice (in a tea ball or some other sort of single-serving loose tea steeping device) to a mug and fill it up with hot water.

Allow the tea to steep so that the brew is on the strong side, and then remove tea bag or herbs.

If you want to sweeten your tea, now is the time to do it, while you are still working with a hot liquid; if you wait until you have cooled it, the sweetener won’t mix in properly.

Note: if you are using something like green tea, you will need to add extra tea to make it stronger, rather than allowing it more time to steep, which will only make it taste bitter.

Fill a large glass 3/4 full (or even totally full) of ice. I like mine around 3/4 full, because it’s still enough to get the tea to a cool temperature, without watering it down too much.

Pour the hot, sweetened tea on top of the ice and give it a quick stir. Within a minute or two, much of the ice will have melted, leaving you with a glass of iced tea.

If you’re looking for an easy contraption to use to steep loose tea, a Tuffy Tea Steeper is fantabulous. Our founder, Stephanie, swears by hers. She’s mentioned that she loves how it folds down small to fit in a drawer, but opens up wide to hold a lot of tea.

Method #2: Making Herbal Iced Tea using a French Press (for Loose Teas)

A French press can be the perfect way to make iced tea, because it allows you to easily make a very strong brew, strain out all of the tea in a snap, pour yourself a glass over ice, and then stick the remaining tea to cool in the fridge for instant iced tea later on.

I usually make the brew extra strong (using double the amount of loose tea that I would usually use) since I will be pouring it over ice that will dilute it.

Add your loose tea, pour the hot water, and allow for an appropriate steeping time.

I will usually let it go 5-20 minutes for most teas (and sometimes because I forget about it), but again, keep it at 4-5 maximum for green teas in particular. Also, some herbs will have a bitter taste if steeped too long, like the nettle I include in my pregnancy nutrient tea.

The best way to sweeten is with liquid stevia after you’ve cooled the tea, because it goes into cool beverages just fine.

If you prefer to use something other than liquid stevia, you may want to pour some of the hot tea into another mug to sweeten first, before adding to a glass of ice.

You can also add the sweetener at the same time as the loose tea, before pouring in the hot water. This doesn’t work very well with granulated sugar because you can’t stir it properly, but it does work pretty well with honey.

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Herbal iced tea is a great cold beverage. Here are three methods for making it, along with a couple of favorite recipes for you to try.

Method #3: Making Herbal Iced Tea using a Pitcher or Glass Jar (for Bagged Teas)

Using bagged teas is a super easy way to make a pitcher to keep in the fridge.

Use 3 tea bags, fill your pitcher with hot water, and allow a good, long steeping time (10-20 minutes).

I often just stick it into a large pitcher with extra water in the fridge and lazily don’t even bother to take out the tea bags. With most teas, you can get away with doing this.

Once the tea is well steeped, sweeten if in the pitcher or jar, then pour over a glass of ice for instant iced tea. You can also add the tea to the larger pitcher, diluting it in half with filtered water, and stick it in the fridge overnight or for later in the day.

**Herbal Iced Tea Recipes to Try**

*Well Belly Fennel Tea*

Ingredients:

2 cups water

1 teaspoon fennel seed

Instructions:

Bruise fennel seed with a mortar and pestle

Put fennel and water in a pot with the lid on

Bring to a boil

Turn off the heat

Let sit for ½ hour with the lid on

Strain fennel from tea

Reheat and enjoy

Use: 1 to 3 cups a day for an upset stomach

Shelf Life: Tea is good for 2 days kept in the refrigerator

*Lemon Pineapple Refresher Herbal Iced Tea*

This herbal iced tea is incredibly mild and very tasty, which makes it great for children! You can easily eliminate the black tea, if you prefer to cut out the caffeine.

3 parts lemon balm: Lemon balm is easy to grow yourself, and it’s full of nutritional benefits.

1 part pineapple sage: Pineapple sage brings a tropical touch to this tea mix.

2 tablespoons black tea: Black tea adds a little more flavor and zing.

1 whole lemon, sliced (optional): If you have a lemon on hand, adding it will make this an alkalizing power drink!

*Cooling Peppermint Herbal Iced Tea*

Peppermint tea soothes the digestive tract and cools the body naturally. Peppermint tea is a great alternative to coffee, and can be enjoyed hot or cold.

This cooling peppermint tea is a also hit with kids.

Fill 1/3 of a half gallon jar with fresh peppermint leaves. If using dried peppermint, you’ll cut the amount in half.

Substitute chocolate mint for peppermint for a sweet treat!

*Lemon-Lime Ginger Herbal Iced Tea*

Brace yourself for a dose of refreshing! Add:

3 parts lemon balm: Lemon balm can be paired with so many other herbs.

Thumb length slice of ginger root: Ginger root gives this tea a spicy zing with the added benefit of aiding digestion and lowering inflammation in the body.

4 tea bags of green tea: Green tea is a powerful antioxidant and a great addition to any herbal tea.

1 whole lime, sliced (optional, but highly recommended): The lime really gives this tea a nice, refreshing kick, and limes are a rich source of vitamin C.

1 part cilantro: The surprise ingredient in this herbal tea is cilantro.

**7 Must Make Iced Tea Recipes To Enjoy All Summer**

https://theteacupoflife.com/2016/06/7-must-make-iced-tea-recipes.html

These are photos and descriptions, NOT recipes, so they need to be reverse engineered.

**Thai Iced Tea Recipe**

Rob Bracco - https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222535/thai-iced-tea/?internalSource=hub+recipe&referringContentType=Search

4 servings 97 cals Prep 10 m Ready In 15 m

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups water4 tea bags black tea

4 teaspoons white sugar

1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk, divided

1/4 cup half-and-half, divided

Directions

Bring water to a boil in a kettle; remove from heat. Add tea bags and steep for 5 minutes; remove tea bags.

Stir sugar into tea until dissolved. Cool to room temperature.

Fill 4 glasses with ice; pour tea into each glass until almost full. Stir 1 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk into each glass. Float 1 tablespoon half-and-half atop the iced tea.

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