For cough-- Mix honey, glycerin and lemon juice.
Bottle and cork firmly.
Use as needed.
For Blocked noses-- Place honey in a basin of hot water and inhale fumes after covering your head with a towel over the basin.
For Sore throats-- Let 1 teaspoon of honey melt in the back of the mouth and trickle down the throat.
This will ease inflamed raw tissues.
While you boil your water, add the first 4 ingredients to a ceramic or glass bowl, a large pyrex measuring cup works perfectly.
Let the water come off the boil for a minute before pouring it over top.
Cover with a tea towel for 20-30 minutes.
Strain & enjoy!
Recommendations are to enjoy 1 - 2 cups per day.
In a large mug or coffee cup prepare hot tea. (I microwave 10 ounces of water for 1 minute and steep 2 tea packets.)
Stir in sugar and cinnamon.
Cut 2 slices from orange and cut slices in half. Squeeze juice from remaining orange into cup.
Enjoy!
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celcius.
Mix eggs, sugar, butter and / or oil and the hot tea using a hand mixer for about 5-6 minutes.
Pour the batter into a tin / mould; it should have a consistency of sour cream.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Make a spiced tea by boiling together for 10 minutes 2 cups water, cloves, cinnamon and ginger.
Make a syrup using 2 cups of sugar and 2 cups water.
Mix the spiced tea, hot tea, syrup and grape juice.
Strain juice of lemons and oranges and add just before serving.
Serve hot.
Serves 35 and 50.
Mix strong hot tea, sugar, cinnamon and cloves well.
Add orange juice, lemon juice and pineapple juice.
Mix all well.
Let set to blend flavors.
Serve hot, keeping stirred up as the spices will settle out.
Will keep for a couple of weeks in refrigerator.
Mix together the dried fruit, sugar and hot tea.
Cover and leave overnight.
Add the egg beat well, then stir in the flour.
Grease a 1-lb loaf tin; line the base with greaseproof paper.
Place the mixture into the tin and bake for about 1 1/2 hours at 160c (fan).
Always use hot tea so the sugar dissolves and the dried fruit swells more easily.
Prep time doesn't include soak time.
In a bowl, combine hot tea and sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
Let cool.
In punch bowl, combine tea, orange and lemon juices, orange liqueur and orange slices.
Chill until serving.
To serve, pour over ice in tall glass and garnish with orange slices.
Makes 5 cups.
Dissolve the sugar in the hot tea.
Stir in the juices.
Pour over a large block of ice (or ice ring made in a jello mold).
Just before serving add the 7-up and garnish with mint leaves or fruit slices.
Advance preparation:
Combine hot tea, apricot nectar, orange juice, sugar and lemon juice.
Chill tea-apricot mixture thoroughly.
Mix all ingredients together.
Use 3 teaspoons to a cup of hot water.
Mugs take
6
heaping teaspoons.
Makes 50 cups hot tea.
Pour hot tea over sugar; stir until dissolved.
Add juices and refrigerate.
When ready to serve, add ginger ale and spoon in sherbet.
Makes 16 cups.
Pour hot tea over sugar.
Stir until sugar dissolves; add juices, chill.
Then pour into punch bowl.
Add ginger ale.
Spoon on sherbet.
Pour hot tea into a pousse-cafe glass, using a spoon in glass to prevent cracking.
Add amaretto, but do not stir.
op with chilled whipped cream and serve.
Pour hot tea over sugar; stir until sugar dissolves.
Add juices.
Refrigerate until chilled.
Pour into punch bowl and add ginger ale.
Spoon into sherbet.
Makes 16 punch cup servings.
Mix together and store in dry place.
Use a heaping 1 1/2 teaspoons per cup.
Pour on boiling water.
(This is a very soothing beverage for colds and sore throats!)
Mix ingredients in a large saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Store in recycled apple juice bottles, etc., and heat desired amount as needed.
I usually pour desired amount into bottom of coffeepot.
Put the cloves and cinnamon stick in basket and perk!
This nectar is wonderful for sore throats and colds in the winter time!
Juice several lemons, then scrub the peel well. Slice it thinly and add to the juice. Cover all with plenty of boiling water. Cover and steep until cool. For added benefit, add several slices of ginger root before covering with water. Strain off liquid. Add honey and additional water to taste. Drink hot. (This is great for sore throats.)
erapeutic oils from evaporating. Steep for 15 minutes or longer.
our over the tea leaves.
Let the tea steep for 10 minutes