Sweet and refreshing longan tea, rich in tea flavor is an ideal beverage to effectively cool you down during this scorching summer. Let’s cook with TasteVN in the kitchen and check out 2 delicious, simple recipes below to make it!
1. Longan and Kumquat Tea
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Longan and Kumquat Tea Serves 2
Longan 565 gr (canned longan) Kumquat 1 fruit Tea bags 2 bags Sugar 6 teaspoons
What is Longan?
- Longan, also known as dried longan, is a type of food made from the flesh of the longan fruit.
- The production process of longan includes 3 parts: First, they will select longan fruits with thick, fresh flesh and less water to sun-dry or dehydrate until fully dry. After that, they will extract the flesh inside. Finally, they will dry the longan flesh at a temperature of 50 – 60 degrees Celsius to make it usable.
How to make Longan Lime Tea
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Brew Lipton tea
Put 2 bags of tea into a cup, add 200ml of boiling water, and let it steep for about 10 minutes.
Next, add 6 teaspoons of sugar and stir well to dissolve.
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Brew Longan Lime Tea
In each cup, add 2 tablespoons of soaked longan water, 3 longan fruits, 3 tablespoons of Lipton tea, and 3 slices of lime.
Finally, add ice cubes and enjoy.
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Final Product
Longan kumquat tea has a distinctive aroma from tea, a light sweetness from the longan juice, and a slight sourness from the kumquat pieces. This unusual beverage will definitely quench your thirst effectively.
2. Longan Oolong Tea
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Longan Oolong Tea Serves 2
Oolong tea bags 3 bags Longan 6 fruits
How to Make Longan Oolong Tea
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Brewing Oolong Tea
Put the oolong tea bag into a cup, add 800ml of boiling water, and steep the tea for 10 minutes to extract the flavor.
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Making longan fruit tea
Remove the flesh from the longans, then place it in a blender along with a little brewed tea and a bit of water. Next, blend the mixture until it is smooth.
Tip: If you want a strong tea flavor, you do not need to add more water while blending.Finally, place some ice cubes into a glass, add some pure oolong tea, a bit of longan tea, and garnish with fresh longans to complete.
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Final product
Chilled oolong longan tea will give you an immediate sense of the light sweetness from the fresh lychees blended with the characteristic mild bitterness of oolong tea, extremely delicious.
How to store tea
After making the tea, you can store it in the refrigerator’s cool compartment and use it within 1 day. You should not keep tea overnight as it will change the flavor of the tea.
TasteVN hopes that with the 2 recipes for longan kumquat tea and Oolong longan tea above, you can create delicious and nutritious drinks for yourself.
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