Roselle flower (洛神花), Hawthorn (山楂) and Chen Pi Mei (陳皮梅) Drink

Are you one of the fan of Gong Cha Purple Plum Tea? I am. So since I try not to take cold drinks I tried to make my own Roselle drink from dried Roselle flowers, hawthorn and plum drink. One big pack of dried Roselle flower and hawthorn is only S$2 each! What you need to do is to pour hot water over the dried flowers, fruits and plum in a mug and let it infused for a few hours. You can substitute the plum with your favorite dried plum and add rock sugar to it. It tastes great!

I did some cut and paste on the health benefits of Roselle flowers and hawthorn.

Roselle flowers from http://www.poundproductionsllc.com/2009/08/roselle-effective-lower-cholesterol-and-prevents-aging.html

Rosella Main Ingredients: Vitamin C, A, D, B1 and B2, Antioxidants, Anthocyanins iron, magnesium, and omega 3, beta-carotene.

Benefits for Health:

Rosella tea helps lower cholesterol, normalize blood pressure, overcome cough, sore throat and sores, weight loss, bowel launch, and prevent bone loss, enhancing stamina, endurance and body care.

Benefits for Beauty:

Maintain smooth skin and reduce wrinkles. Because of its vitamin C content is high, Roselle better than red wine in warding off free radicals in the skin. Roselle many conditions encountered in dried, and packaged, there is also Roselle had packed in teabag form for ease in serving customers.


Hawthorn berry from http://www.raysahelian.com/hawthorn.htm

This herb acts as a vasodilator, increasing blood supply to the heart and improving circulation to the extremities by decreasing arterial resistance. Hawthorn also has positive inotropic and beta-blocking effects, along with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits. One human study show hawthorn to be affective in lowering blood pressure in patients with diabetes.


Enjoy!

Teh Halia

I literally get addicted to teh halia the first time i drink it, so when i could find it in the supermarket I was very happy.

Unfortunately the powdered version isnt as sweet and spicy (strong) as the coffeeshop version so I have mixed it with ginger powder drink (which was neglected in my family for quite some time). The end result? Wonderful!

It might be too sweet for some of you.

I tasted ginger milk (ginger with milk) in one of the spa resort in Indonesia (Javana Spa) and I was also hook to the drink.