Name: How to Brew Turmeric Tea
Total time: 8 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 Tropical Sun Turmeric tea bag; 250ml freshly drawn water, brought to a true rolling boil; A small fresh grating of black pepper (about 3 turns of a pepper mill); 1 wedge of fresh lemon, for the rim; 1 teaspoon of clear runny honey (optional, for the sweet build); 1 warmed 300ml mug

Turmeric tea is an earthy, bright amber cup, and the one thing that lifts it is black pepper. A grind of pepper over the top is not just seasoning; the pepper oil brings the turmeric forward, which is why the two are so often paired. Tropical Sun Turmeric gives you the Caribbean style blend in a bag.

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Brew it on a full rolling boil and give it a good six minutes, since dried turmeric is slow to give up its colour and warmth. A wedge of lemon on the rim and a little honey if you want it round the cup off, the citrus and the earthy turmeric working well together.

⏱ 8 min 🍽 Serves 1 📊 Easy 📚 Turmeric Recipes

You'll need

1 Tropical Sun Turmeric tea bag
250ml freshly drawn water, brought to a true rolling boil
A small fresh grating of black pepper (about 3 turns of a pepper mill)
1 wedge of fresh lemon, for the rim
1 teaspoon of clear runny honey (optional, for the sweet build)
1 warmed 300ml mug

Method

Warm the 300ml mug by filling it with hot tap water for one minute, then pour the water away.
Drop the Tropical Sun Turmeric tea bag into the warmed mug.
Bring the 250ml of freshly drawn water to a true rolling boil in a kettle. Pour the rolling boiling water straight over the tea bag in the mug.
Cover the mug with a small saucer and steep for six full minutes. The longer steep is needed because turmeric in dried form gives up its colour and warmth slowly compared with a leaf tea infusion.
After six minutes, lift the tea bag from the mug with the back of a teaspoon. Do not press the bag, pressing forces tannin out and turns the finish drying.
Grate fresh black pepper across the rim of the mug with about three turns of a pepper mill so the pepper oil sits on the surface of the cup.
Hook the wedge of fresh lemon over the rim of the mug.
Optional sweet build: stir 1 teaspoon of clear runny honey into the mug now if a sweeter cup is wanted. The end stir keeps the honey note clean.
Drink hot. The cup holds its temperature for about ten minutes and the warm turmeric note builds on each successive sip.
Storage note: the same tea bag will not give a strong second cup, brew a fresh bag if you want another cup.

What you'll end up with: A bright amber cup with a grind of black pepper on top and a lemon wedge on the rim, earthy turmeric leading, the pepper and lemon lifting it, and an optional honey sweetness.

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