Sbiten

  For preparation of a hot fragrant national drink from water, honey, spices and grasses - сбитня - served сбитенники. This drink was popular in 18-19 centuries. Sbitenshiki carried tasty hot drink and cried out: " do not drink some beer to a circle, bitterns сбитня on polushku. "

Recipes of preparation сбитня - a little. On a site the most widespread are offered at that time from them.

1. Sbiten Russian (the first recipe)
One litre of the water, hundred grammes of honey, fifty grammes of sugar, 0.3 grammes корицы, 0.2 grammes of mint, 0.2 grammes of a carnation, 3 grammes of hop. To boil 10-15 minutes, removing foam. To give a drink to be insisted about 30 minutes, to filter. To drink hot.

2. Sbiten Russian (The second recipe)
One litre of water, 0.5 glasses of sugar, 150 grammes of honey, 2 bay leaves, cinnamon, imbira, a cardamom - to taste. To be going also.

3. Sbiten strawberry
Two kgs of the honey, five litres of water, eight hundred grammes of juice strawberry. All to boil about 2 hours, stirring slowly and removing foam to filter. It is possible to use other berries instead of a strawberry.

Try to prepare for this drink, will not regret.

                                                 Teas with grasses

Who could not try tea with mint! And as tea with the additive of a balm is fragrant and tasty! In a tea drink испокон to century add every possible plants (leaves, fruits, berries) - aromatic, curative, medicinal. They not only give to a drink original aroma and taste, but also raise a degree of utility.

We offer some recipes, both new, and little-known, forgotten.

To make tea it is possible simultaneously with a grass or to add in it insist grasses, berries and fruits separately. If to you conditions of gathering of raw material are unknown, we advise to insist it separately, it is possible even to boil or prepare on a water bath.

Various plants are in the best way combined with the certain type of tea. So, the jasmin well shows the qualities with green is expected, and orange корка - with black. Selection of combinations of tea and plants should answer the certain tastes, habits, a state of health. To take even the same зверобой. At the raised pressure or the big nervous excitability to use him it is not recommended. Mint operates soothingly.

Tea with addition of grasses lets out also the industry.

Drink such tea from china with usual furniture of a table. To tell the truth, in this case it is necessary to take into account a combination of additives to tea to taste of products on a table. They should meet, supplement each other and to not be antagonists. For example, orange tea is badly combined with dairy products and it is good with biscuit. Does not approach to it and dry jam. To tea with mint it is good to submit sandwiches with cheese and crackers.

Tea balms

Tea balms from two components - black tea plus gathering of grasses, fruits, leaves of any one plant - are most popular and simple for preparation. As a smell, except for a jasmin and roses, are usually used leaves of mint, a black currant, чабреца, flowers of a linden, an orange skin. From the additives having faster curative, preventive value, leaves of wild strawberry, a raspberry are frequently used a grass zveroboy.

The optimum parity of components in "simple" balms is selected for taste. While it is not determined, gathering are stored separately from tea.

Tea balms drink without sugar. Сладкоежкам it is recommended to replace with his raisin or dried apricots.

Some recipes.

Aroma of a field. Смешивается по 1 части зверобоя, dushica, листьев крапивы и 1/2 часть черного чая. Polin и пижма добавляются по вкусу.

Fragrant. On 7 dining rooms of spoons of black tea (Georgian) it is added one and a half teaspoons of the dried up colors dushics, mints, the chemist's camomile, mixed in equal amounts.

"Health". Сухой черный чай (10 частей) соединяется с листьями мяты (2 части), травой pustirnik (2 части), ягодами боярышника и valerians, плодами шиповника (по 1 части).

Warming. К 10 частям черного чая добавляются 2 части травы zveroboy, 2 части листьев мяты, по 1 части листьев chabreca и корня valerians.

Tea with a jasmin. В. domestic conditions prepares at the rate of: on 8 parts of tea (it is desirable, the premium) - 2 parts of the dried up colors of a jasmin.

The jasmin for tea gathers during active flowering, in hot day. Petals are soaked in water, and then рассыпаются on a pure(clean) cloth and are filled up.

Tea with a rose. Petals of a red rose are filled up and incorporate with black is expected at the rate of: 2-3 petals on 4 teaspoons.

Tea with a jasmin (or a rose) is stored in the glass banks, densely closed.

Tea drinks

Grog. In a glass свежезаваренного strong tea sugar is dissolved (to taste), the teaspoon of cognac and a dining room - rum is added. It is drunk hot.

Dairy grog. On 100 г milk and strong tea to mix with 10 г a sugar syrup to warm up not leading up up to boiling, to add 50 г rum (cognac) and at once to submit to a table.

The hunting punch. To mix 150 г strong tea, 75 г red dry fault, 40 г sugar, 10 г citric juice and a citric dried peel, to warm up not leading up up to boiling and to add 30 г rum. Punch can be drunk and cold.

Tea punch. To mix 50 г rum, 150 г waters and 1 egg yolk. To add one bag of tea and to finish before boiling.

Sea punch. To mix on 150 г red and white dry fault, 100 г strong tea, 25 г citric juice and a dried peel of a lemon. To finish before boiling and to add 50 г rum (cognac).

The ancient recipe of tea. 3 parts of strong tea, 1 part of honey and 1 part of vodka mix up. The drink is possible before boiling. Moves in small cups.

Tea with a red wine. In a glass of hot strong tea the wine-glass (30-35 г) red dry fault or red port is poured in.

Orange tea. In a saucepan it is put 25 г orange and 10 г citric корки, 25 г dry black tea, it is poured in 50 г an orange syrup. All is filled in 1 litr boiled water and insisted 5 minutes.

Tea with a black currant. 150 г juice of a black currant mix up with 4 dining rooms spoons of strong tea broth and 6 dining rooms spoons of a vanilla syrup. All is filtered and diluted with hot water.

Apple tea. In a glass with 50 г apple juice it is poured in 150 г hot strong tea.

Tea on Gollandy. Four teaspoons of tea are made 400 г boiled water. Separately prepares 400 г cocoa (without milk). In him(it) it is poured in teas and 100 г an orange syrup, all is stirred (better - in a mixer). Разлитый on cups the drink falls down chocolate (50 г).

Tea with spices and milk. Lead up before boiling полулитром waters with a carnation (2 buds) and имбирным a root (slice) are filled in 3 teaspoons of tea leaves. It is insisted 5 mines, is filtered and gets divorced полулитром hot milk. Moves in glasses with coasters.

Tea with spices and citrus. Two litres of boiling water with a carnation (6 buds) fill in 10 teaspoons of tea leaves. Through 5 mines sugar (100 г) is added and stirred before full dissolution. In insist it is poured in 2/3 glasses of orange juice and juice of 2 lemons. The drink is warmed up on slow fire and filtered. Moves hot.

Чай с сиропом. В стакан крепкого горячего чая доливается 1/4 любого, но обязательно - подогретого сиропа. Лучше использовать абрикосовый, грушевый, малиновый, blacksmorodina.

Tea on - Shotlandy. The glass of milk is diluted with the same volume of water, it is possible before boiling and is poured in in разогретый a teapot with 3 teaspoons of dry black tea. It is insisted 6-7 minutes. Sugar is added to taste.

Tea lemonade. In a glass mixs up 20 г honey and on one teaspoon of a blackberry and citric syrup. The slice of a lemon is added. All is filled in well настоянным hot expected.

Tea cocktails

Vitamin tea. Six teaspoons of tea leaves are filled in to a floor in litre of boiling water, tea is insisted during 5 mines, is filtered, cooled and incorporates to equal quantity(amount) balacksmorodina juice. Received "concentrate" is spilled on glasses and diluted on third or half with mineral water. Sugar is put to taste.

Strawberry tea. In a glass with a strawberry syrup (5 dining rooms of spoons) and milk {3 dining rooms of a spoon) strong unsweet tea is poured in. Moves strongly охлажденным.

Kofey crimson tea. The high glass on 2/3 is filled by pounded food ice, in it are poured in coffee (4 teaspoons) and crimson (2 dining rooms of a spoon) syrups, a half-glass of strong unsweet tea. From above put whipped cream (2 dining rooms of a spoon).

Citric tea. The cooled strong tea is poured in a clay jug. Two - three lemons нарезаются thin slices also fall to tea not less than at one o'clock. It is drunk without sugar.

Honey tea. In the big utensils cold strong tea, milk and honey mix up at the rate of: on a glass of tea - on 30 г two other components. Moves with ice.

Mint tea. Strong hot it is expected, made at the rate of 2 teaspoons for a portion, leaves of mint and a dried peel of one lemon are filled in. Cooled down cocktail is filtered. Moves with ice and leaflets of mint. Sugar is added to taste.

Nut tea. In a glass of cold tea it is poured in 30 г a nut syrup and 20 г cold boiled milk. All is stirred.

Peach tea. The mix from 5 dining rooms of spoons of a peach syrup and 2 dining rooms of spoons of milk is filled in unsweet strong expected (150 г) and cooled.

Flip. In a glass a yolk of one crude eggs, citric juice (a dining room a spoon), rum (a dining room a spoon) carefully mix up. All gets divorced to a floor a glass of cold strong tea, then milk is added.

Usually flip the person prepares in the big utensils, on 10-15. Moves with ice.

Tea with rum. Four slices of a lemon разрезаются everyone on four parts, are filled in by the sweetened cold water and frozen in a refrigerator. In utensils with two glasses of strong tea it is dissolved 100 г sugar, the wine-glass of rum is added. The cooled drink is spilled in four glasses, in everyone is put on 4 cubes of ice with the frozen slices of a lemon, added on a half-glass of an aerated drink.

Tea with a dogrose. Broth of hips, прокипевший 3-4 mines, is filtered and mixs up with equal quantity(amount) of hot tea. Sugar and honey - to taste is added. Moves well cooled.

Tea with apples. Apples of 0,5 kg) are released(exempted) from a core, are cut by thin slices and stacked in the enameled saucepan. Juice of two lemons and a little a polished dried peel is added. All is fallen asleep by granulated sugar (2 glasses) and filled in cold, fresh, very strong is expected (2,5 glasses). The saucepan is closed by a cover and born(taken out) on a cold on 6 ч.

Tea cold fruit punch with fruit. Half-kg of any fruit sugar (100 г), to them finely cut apple and an orange are added; all is filled in by juice of two lemons and a quarter of litre of apple juice, covered and put on half an hour in a refrigerator. Before submission on a table in allsorts the litre of strong fresh tea, a bottle of soda water (or mineral), a glass of apple juice is poured in.

Tea cold fruit punch with champagne. Two oranges нарезаются thin slices also are fallen asleep to a floor by a glass of sugar. It is added 50 г cognac or rum. All is filled in 1 л cold strong tea, and directly ahead of submission on a table - champagne (1 bottle).

Tea cold fruit punch "Children's". Prepares similarly previous, but without rum, and instead of champagne soda water is used.

Bilberry tea. Three teaspoons of tea leaves and 5 leaflets of mint are filled in by 3 glasses of boiled water. Tea is filtered in 8-10 minutes, in it(him) is dissolved 5 dining rooms of spoons of sugar. Bilberry mashed potatoes prepares: 3 glasses of berries it is wiped through a sieve. Cooled down tea is poured in in mashed potatoes. The cocktail is stirred. It is drunk strongly cooled.

Berry tea. Two glasses of well made tea are filtered, in them is dissolved 150 г sugar. The cooled tea incorporates to the juice prepared from berries in a proportion: on 2 glasses of a currant (red or black) - 2 glasses of any other berries (it is better - than wild strawberry or a raspberry). Moves with ice.

Berry tea with mineral water. Prepares similarly previous, but the same quantity(amount) of tea leaves is filled in twice by smaller volume of boiled water, and in a ready mix with juice before submission on a table the glass of mineral water is added.

Ice reduces concentration of tea. Therefore for cocktails tea is made twice by three times more strong against usual.