Winter melon tea

Overview

Winter melon tea is made from winter melon and sugar, which are boiled over slow fire for a long time. It has been a popular summer refreshing drink among the people since ancient times. Winter melon tea has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, clearing the liver and improving eyesight. The raw materials are easy to obtain and the price is affordable. It is very popular among the people. It is also very easy to make at home. Some recipes like to add longan, licorice and other Chinese medicinal materials, and the effect is also very good. When you have time, make a can and store it in the refrigerator. When you want to drink it, scoop out a few spoonfuls and mix it with water, add some ice cubes, or add some lemon, coconut, pearls and other ingredients to make a comprehensive tea drink. Not to mention how comfortable it is!

Tags

• dessert
• drinks
• old man
• afternoon tea
• autumn recipes
• relieves summer heat and quenches thirst
• brown sugar
• rock sugar
• winter melon
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare materials;

   

2. 2 Wash the rind of the winter melon, keep the rind, pulp and seeds, and cut into small dices. The rind, pulp and seeds are both good things, do not remove them;

   

3. 3 Put the brown sugar into the diced winter melon;

   

4. 4 Stir evenly and let it sit for more than half an hour;

   

5. 5 Winter melon will release a lot of water after being pickled, so there is no need to add water to boil;

   

6. 6 Add rock sugar and salt and cook together. Don’t worry about the rock sugar being too lumpy. It will definitely melt after 2 hours;

   

7. 7 Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to the lowest heat and simmer for 2 hours. The method of slow simmering is used;

   

8. 8 After 2 hours, the winter melon will rot when touched. Leave it to cool;

   

9. 9 Use gauze or a filter to squeeze out all the water from the winter melon residue and bottle it. This is a concentrated product and needs to be mixed with water to drink;

   

10. 10 Winter melon tea mixed with water.