Kumquat tea from the garden

Kumqauts grow in our garden. Love the punch of sweetness and tartness, densely packed in each kumquat. Quite a few of them had ripened. So wanted to try some recipe with it.


Found a recipe for taiwanese kumquat fruit tea on youtube. Three forth cup of honey, three forth cup of sugar and about fifteen de-seeded kumquats, sauteed for about fifteen minutes, water added and further mixing for another five minutes, let cool and..

transfer to a glass jar.  Now you have your concentrate ready. Now,to actually make the tea. Boil water,take two spoons of the concentrate,mix well and enjoy the tea. And even eat the kumquats left over at the bottom!!!


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