Beautiful roses contain a large amount of essential oils. They are mainly used in cosmetology and for the manufacture of perfumes. But in cooking, for some time now, they also began to use them. Pink water is part of many oriental sweets - as they say, without it, the taste will not be the same.
Pink tea or other infusions from this flower have long been used in alternative medicine. With their help, various diseases and ailments were cured.
The composition of this tea contains only flowers, so it can be attributed to floral drinks. Mostly there are young buds that have not yet opened. It is from them that the most delicious tea is obtained. Buds are added to black tea as an aromatic additive. So the drink acquires more beneficial qualities and incredible taste.
Beneficial features
Pink tea is most beneficial for the liver. Drinking it is very important after the festive feasts, where a fairly large amount of fatty foods and alcohol was consumed. Some call it detox.
If you decide to make such tea yourself, then roses from a kiosk are not suitable. They undergo many treatments, and they are also most often brought from another country. Thus, tea will not only not benefit the body, but will also endanger health.
Taste of tea
When you brew pink tea, the buds will open a little and give all their color and essential oils to tea. If this is done in a transparent teapot, then it will look very beautiful. The aroma is delicate, slightly sweet, with a touch of light tobacco.
You can drink it as an independent drink, or you can mix it with other different varieties of teas. The taste of this will only get better. Most of all, rose buds are combined with red tea or puer tea. But this is only optional. Many people prefer to drink both black and green tea. You can add cinnamon, ginger or jasmine.
Tea Benefits
Rose tea has a lot of positive qualities. You can enjoy a delicious drink and at the same time heal your body. Here are the main points:
- has a laxative effect;
- helps reduce pain;
- soothing;
- fights worms and bacteria;
- with itching of the skin relieves irritation;
- acts as a natural antibiotic;
- has anti-inflammatory effect.
The beneficial properties of tea are even mentioned in the Prostoupali song "Pink Tea".
Pepper Tea
This drink has a warming effect. It has a tonic and immune-strengthening effect. It also effectively fights against various viruses. After adding pepper to tea, the drink acquires an incredible taste and aroma. And you can add it to any type of tea.
Pepper in pink tea will make your drink even more healthy and tasty. You can add both peas and regular hot peppers. If you put other spices in tea, for example, cloves, cinnamon or ginseng, it will become even more saturated and useful.
Tea with pepper will help to warm in cold weather, and in hot weather it will save you from overheating. It also has an antibacterial effect and helps to remove toxins from the body.
Making tea with fireweed
Rose buds are also mixed with fireweed (as they call it Ivan-tea). This is a herb that is famous for its wonderful and beneficial properties. It fights many diseases, also has a good effect on the nervous system. Good for men's health. Some say that fireweed even serves as a painkiller. It strengthens the immune system, and along with rosebuds this drink will become even more healing.
If you have an aggravation of the gastrointestinal tract, then it is not recommended to drink it, you need to wait for the reduction of severe inflammation. You can drink pink tea with fireweed up to 4 cups per day.
To prepare a fireweed with rose tea, it is enough to take rosebuds and Ivan-tea. It can be mixed in advance with rose petals. Before brewing, the kettle is poured with boiling water, this is necessary so that the taste is better, and the herbs reveal themselves more. Then pour a mixture of herbs and pour boiling water. The smell of tea is unusual, slightly sweet and grassy.
Pink tea "Thailand" is considered to be a ladies' drink. Its main and important feature is that it is able to maintain the youthfulness of the face and tightens the skin well. Doctors say that rosebuds along with green tea can improve the functioning of the cardiovascular system.
Roses for weight loss
Naturally, you should not think that after drinking several cups of rose tea a day, you will instantly begin to lose kilograms. This is especially true for those who recovered not yesterday, but have been walking overweight for many years. To tea worked, of course, you need to adhere to a diet: do not eat flour and sweet, fried and greasy. You need to consume more vegetables and fruits, you can eat low-fat cottage cheese, boiled chicken breast. Remember that during a diet, hunger is normal. Of course, at this time you need to drink several cups of tea. And then you will feel not only inner lightness, but also begin to lose weight.