A truly classical combination of oranges and chocolate tastes great with blood oranges too. To make a unique cup of Blood Orange Chocolate we used Blood Orange flavored rooibos tea. This tea has a red rooibos as a base and contains orange peel, hibiscus, rosehips, apple pieces, safflowers and rose petals. Red rooibos is a herbal tea from South Africa with no caffeine, and white chocolate is the only type of chocolate that is caffeine free.
You will need:
2-3 teaspoons of Blood Orange tea
40-50 grams of white chocolate
1 ¼ cup of milk
Instructions:
Add milk and tea leaves to a small saucepan.
Let is simmer over low fire until tea has release enough flavor. Do not let it boil.
Strain and place the tea milk back into a saucepan.
Add chocolate pieces and stir over low medium fire until melted.
Pour into mug and serve.
Blood Orange herbal tea with rooibos
This tea is a very simple, yet delicious tea you can make in no time. If you don’t mind caffeine, add a teaspoon of green tea leaves in the first step, but don’t use boiling water then.
You will need:
1-2 blood oranges
1 lime
1-2 cups of water
1 teaspoon of honey
A few juniper berries
A few fresh mint leaves
Instructions:
Wash the blood oranges and lemon and cut them into thin slices.
Put them into a bigger teapot with juniper berries and fresh mint leaves.
Add boiling water and steep for 10 minutes.
Strain and add honey.
This works as a great orange iced tea too. Let it cool and pour in a glass filled with ice cubes. Want to make it even more unique? Add some elderberry flowers too.
Blood Oranges blend perfectly with spices too and make a wonderful chai tea. As they are naturally sweet, refrain from adding too much sugar until you tried it first. You can use regular sweet oranges instead of blood oranges and get the same tasty result.
You will need:
3-5 cardamon pods
3-5 whole cloves
1 blood orange or sweet orange
1-2 teaspoons of sugar
1 spoon of black tea leaves
½ inch of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
2 cups of cold water
Instructions:
Add all ingredients except sugar, milk and orange to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
Reduce and let it simmer on a very low fire for about 20 minutes.
Strain the tea and pout it back into a saucepan.
Squeeze the juice of 1 blood orange and add to tea.
Add sugar and slowly bring to a boil while stirring.
In a shaker, shake about ½ to 1 cup of cold milk until frothy. Pour it into a saucepan and heat over medium fire. Don’t let it boil.
Pour the tea into a mug and top up with hot frother milk.
Blood Orange Ginger Cinnamon and Honey Tea Concentrate
Bust your cold, banish that sore throat or simply ward off illness with this delicious, comforting tea concentrate!
Author: Crystal Cartier
Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: Gluten-Free, Vegetarian
Ingredients
¾ cup freshly squeezed blood orange juice
juice of 1 lemon
4 cups water
1 large hunk of ginger, peeled and coined (or 1 Tablespoon dried ginger)
5 pods cardamom (optional)
4 allspice berries (optional)
5 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
½ cup raw honey (or ⅓ cup for a less sweet drink)
Instructions
Bring water to a boil in a pan and add the ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice and cinnamon sticks. Boil until liquid is significantly reduced, about 30 minutes.
Before cutting the citrus, roll them on the counter with your palm to release the juices. Squeeze all of the citrus juice.
Once reduced, strain the concentrated spice mixture. Allow to cool slightly then add the honey and stir to dissolve. Add the citrus juice last to preserve the vitamin C, pour into jar/s and store in fridge.
To make tea, give the jar a gentle shake to mix up any spices that may have settled to the bottom and add 3-4 large spoonfuls of concentrate to hot water.
ENJOY and BE WELL!!