This week I decided to try making my own blend of tea to give as gifts to friends! I wanted it to consist of lots of fall flavors, so today I'll share what I came up with! The measurements for the ingredients are not really important, it's up to you to use your best judgement in deciding how much of each you would like to add if you try this recipe out!
Ingredients:
Loose leaf tea
Vanilla extract
Cinnamon sticks
An apple
Lemon juice
Craisins
Rose petals
Directions:
1. I started out putting my loose leaf tea in a shallow container, stirred in vanilla extract until all leaves were just moistened, and set the mixture aside to allow the vanilla flavor to set into the tea leaves.
2. Meanwhile, I put the cinnamon sticks into a zip lock bag and let out all the air before sealing. I used a hammer to gently crush up the sticks into smaller pieces within the bag.
3. Next I cut the apple into very thin slices and soaked them in a mixture of water and lemon juice for 30 minutes. I drained the slices, patted them with paper towels until they were as dry as possible, and placed them onto a baking sheet. I tried putting half on parchment paper and the other half on a baking rack just to experiment and see if they would brown differently but they all turned out about the same so it doesn't really matter which way you do it. I put them in the preheated oven (at 200 degrees F) for an hour, flipped each slice over and returned them to the oven for an additional two hours. After that time was up, I allowed the slices to cool before breaking them up into smaller pieces.
4. I began mixing all the ingredients together. Notice how pretty it all looks together! *heart eyes emoji*
5. I measured out how much would fit into a tea strainer and doubled that to make two servings and put that amount into a clear plastic favor bag. I trimmed the top of the bag down to make it smaller and tied a piece of twine around it into a bow (to close it AND to make it look pretty!)
6. To make the gift complete, I purchased an adorable tea cup and tea strainer to give along with the homemade tea blend! Keep this idea in mind if you know of any tea lovers with an autumn birthday!
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