You American: it discovers an original and exquisite form to take tea

When they arrive the first colds and that apetece take a good cup of heat you, always look for new ideas and recipes to convert this moment in a delicious and reconfortante pause. In this post will speak you of theAmerican tea, a sabrosa proposed that sure it will love you!

Prepare you American: ingredients and recipe

In his essence, theAmerican teaIt is not more than tea (more commonly,Black tea) That leaveinfusionar In hot milkInstead of water.

Now well, to the hot milk will add him two ingredients that will do all the difference: the cinnamon and the skin of lemon.

No, we are not preparing rice with milk neither milk merengada, but yes a very rich drink that will do the delights of the more golosos!

With which type of tea can prepare American tea?

In the recipe of you American, can use all theTypes of tea, but it recommends elaborate it withBlack tea, because it is necessary to #take that the flavour of the milk will soften enough the aroma of the tea that add. Among the varieties of Black Tea, can opt for example by aBlack tea AssamOr aBlack tea Earl Grey.

Equally, the teas typeBreakfast, with his force, astringencia and intensity, are ideal to mix with milk and of course to do a sabroso American tea. It chooses among oursStrong English Breakfast,Irish Blend, andRoyal British BlendTo make spectacular drunk!

You can even animate you to prepareAmerican teaWith a spiced tea, as for example theTea Pakistani, a tea to the style Chai that combines wonderfully with the milk, the cinnamon and the lemon.

I can use tea to granel?

For infusionar oursAmerican tea, we will use a small pot or casserole where will put all the together ingredients (hot milk, cinnamon, skin of lemon and tea). To continuation, colaremos the preparation and will serve.

We recommend to useTea to granelBecause, in addition to the comfort that represents to the hour to mix all the ingredients in the pot, allows us enjoy of all his properties and achieve a more aromatic and intense drink, since the leaves of tea can open and expand to contribute him fully all his flavour to the preparation.

If you do not have of a strainer of fine mesh, can plant your leaves of black tea in a practicalFilter of paperFor tea to granel.

Of generous size, this filter of paper 100% ecological allows that the leaves open and express all his aromatic potential, at the same time that prevent that the smallest fragments fall in your cup when cuelas your preparation ofAmerican tea.

Recipe of the you American, step by step

Ingredients for 1 person

-Black tea to granel, among 2 and 4 grams

- 200 ml of whole milk or semidesnatada

- 1 twig of cinnamon

- A piece of skin of lemon (without the white part, only will use the rind)

Preparation

In a small pot, plant the cinnamon, the skin of lemon and the milk.

We heat the milk to some 90-95 maximum degrees, before it break to boil. You will note it when it begin to exit a bit of smoke (before they appear the first bubbles of the ebullición).

It is very important that do not boil, because, by a part, this amargaría the flavour of the tea and would ruin our drink, and on the other hand, would form an unpleasant “skin” in his surface.

When it have achieved the suitable temperature, remove the pot of the fire, and throw the loose leaves ofBlack tea, or theFilter of paperWith the leaves in his interior if we have chosen this option.

We leave reposar some 4 minutes roughly (averiguaremos the time that indicate according to the variety of tea chosen). Colamos And serve in oursCupPreferred, and ready!

Variants

Some people, especially by the cold nights of winter, add him to the American tea a chorrito of Liquor 43, of whisky or of liquor of orange.