Citrus hot drink with apple and ginger

Published by Maya on November 10, 2008 07:55 am under General

We’ve been having another (too) warm autumn here, in Slovenia. Unusual high temperatures (in some places the thermometer reached even 22 degrees Celsius last week) feel anything but pleasant to me these days… I mean, I love the sun and blue sky and everything. I couldn’t live without it. Just that, somehow it doesn’t seem right for this time of the year.

Images from last week’s walk

We used to have snow around this time many times, or morning frost at least. No sign from it for now. Today it was the first day that I could say it felt colder. Finally!
It made me crave something citrusy, so I made myself a hot drink from orange, lemon, apple and ginger. I could as well call it citrus tea but… since no real tea leaves present, I guess I will just stick to the “hot drink” term. If you know of a more appropriate expression, please let me know.

CITRUS HOT DRINK
with apple and fresh ginger

Ingredients:
half an organically grown orange
half an organically grown lemon
1 organically grown apple
a 3cm piece of fresh ginger
350ml water
1-2 teaspons blond cane sugar (or honey)

Instructions:
Wash the orange, lemon and apple well and pat dry. Slice, peel the apple (or you can leave it with the peel on) and ginger and place in a pot/teapot. Add water and bring to boil. Let simmer for about 15 minutes, then remove from the stove. Let sit for a couple of minutes, then filter, add sugar and enjoy.

Comment:
I could add cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, too, but this time I just wanted the citrusy taste to prevail. Ginger added just enough spicy note. I’m usually heavy on spices, so once for a change it felt fine to enjoy the drink as it was. Of course, I ate the apple, too. It would be a shame if I didn’t!