This tea recipe can be drunk hot and cold. Although it is best to drink it directly after a meal, it can be consumed all throughout the day.
The health benefits of rooibos tea are due to its contained minerals and secondary plant substances. It also has a lightly sweet taste but does not contain any sugars whatsoever. It therefore assuages your appetite for sweets. The vanilla in this particular recipe further strengthens this effect. Chili stimulates the thermogenesis. This means that your body temperature rises which accelerates your metabolism. Cinnamon increases the effectiveness of insulin which reduces your blood sugar level more quickly.
Although there are ready-to-go tea varieties like rooibos-vanilla, these teas only contain artificial vanilla flavor and are therefore missing the positive effects of real vanilla. Thus, you should prefer real vanilla beans – even if they are a little more expensive.
5 min
Ingredients for 1 liter (4 cups)
- 1 liter (4 cups) water
- 4 tea bags (7g or 0.25 oz.) Rooibos tea
- ½ teaspoon chili rings (fresh or dried)
- 1 vanilla pod
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Preparation
- Boil 1 liter (4 cups) of water.
- Meanwhile, cut vanilla bean in half lengthways, scratch out with dull side of knife.
- Put chili rings, vanilla and cinnamon into a container.
- Put tea bags into the container, dash it with hot water and let it steep for approx. 5 minutes.
- Remove tea bags and chilis.
- Chill drink if needed, stir thoroughly before consumption.
