Ingredients
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2 tablespoons fresh lemongrass, chopped (or 1 teaspoon dried lemon grass)
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1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped (or 1 teaspoon of powdered ginger)
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1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
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5 cardamom pods, cracked
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1 teaspoon anise seed
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1 tablespoon dried peppermint
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1 teaspoon earl grey tea (or one teabag if you can't find loose tea)
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1 teaspoon green tea (or one teabag if you can't find loose tea)
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3 teaspoons honey
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2 teaspoons rose water
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4 teaspoons orange blossom water
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2 cloves
Instructions
- Bring 4 1/2 cups of water to boil in a saucepan.
- Turn off heat and add the first six ingredients.
- Mix lightly, cover and let mixture steep for five minutes.
- Add peppermint, Earl Grey and green tea.
- Allow to steep another five minutes.
- Pour into each mug or cup 3/4 teaspoon of honey, 1/2 teaspoon of rosewater and 1 teaspoon of orange-blossom water.
- Strain tea and pour into each mug and stir.
- Serve hot.