Pineapple tea: benefits, uses and how to make it!

This sweet pineapple tea It is made with peels that would otherwise be discarded, it combines warming spices with the peels and has many benefits to help your health effectively.

can be made as is or with additional sweeteners white sugar, light cane sugar and light brown sugar work well to bring sweetness without removing the essence of the fruit.

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pineapple tea

Ideal way to prepare pineapple tea:

If your pineapple is super sweet, you can cut out the sugar or replace it with your favorite alternative sweetener. Furthermore, the result is a spicy and refreshing drink.

This is great for making in large batches. Additionally, you can gather and freeze your peels until you are ready to make the drink just increase the ingredients accordingly.

You can be a little generous with the amount of pulp cut in an attempt to remove the eye for an added layer of fruity flavor.

It's great on the rocks, incorporated into punches and sangria. Additionally, served hot as tea or spiked with rum for a pineapple tea tropical-inspired.

Pineapple tea recipe:

Ingredients:

– 1 well-washed pineapple peel
– 10 cups of water
– 1/4 cup brown sugar
– 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
– 1 cinnamon stick
– 6 to 8 whole teeth
– 1 (4 to 6 inch) piece of fresh ginger, peeled and cut into pieces

Method of preparation:

1. Place your cutting board on a clean baking sheet to catch any juices that may run off
2. Also, place the pineapple on the tray and set them aside
3. Cut the peel into strips from top to bottom until you have peeled everything
4. Also, you can be generous with the meat you remove, so cut out the eyes as well. Reserve the shells
5. Place the top, base, skins and core in a large pan
6. Add brown sugar, sugar extract vanilla, cinnamon stick, clove and 8 cups of water
7. Additionally, add the mixture to the pan of pineapple peels and rinse with the remaining 1 cup of water
8. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, about 12 to 15 minutes
9. Also, turn off the heat and let the juice cool.

Tips

You can make ice cubes with some of your pineapple drink for cold servings. Plus, it's a great addition to mocktails and cocktails.

Recipe variations

Feel free to use your favorite spice blends from sweet to spicy. pineapple tea. In addition, sometimes we add a whole star anise as soon as it comes off the heat and let it infuse without being excessive.

Versions work well with grass lemon  mixed instead of or in addition to ginger and finished with fresh mint. Additionally, combine servings with coconut water and coconut juice. lemon fresco for another refreshing variation.