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Linden Blossom Tea
Ihlamur
A delicate linden-blossom infusion, strained and served warm with optional honey and lemon.
- Prep
- 2 min
- Cook
- 5 min
- Rest
- 10 min
- Total
- 17 min
- Servings
- 2
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups Water
- 2 tbsp Linden blossoms and bracts (dried, food-grade), loosely filled
- 2 tsp Honey, to taste (optional)
- 2 Lemon slices (thin) (optional)
Method
Bring water to a boil and remove from the heat. Let it settle briefly.
Put linden in a teapot, pour over the hot water and cover. Infuse for 5–10 minutes, tasting after 5 minutes.
Strain out all blossoms and bracts. Pour into cups and add honey or lemon if using. Serve warm.
Cooking guidance
Choose dried linden blossoms and their papery bracts sold for food use. Infuse off the heat rather than boiling the flowers repeatedly.
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