Print: Te de Canela (Cinnamon Tea)

I have been drinking te de canela, or cinnamon tea, since I was a kid. My mother always made it for us when we had a sore throat, a fever or just because. This cinnamon tea can be sweetened with honey, sugar, or piloncillo, which is Mexican brown sugar, and we often added a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. As adults the tea is spiked with pure cane alcohol, which is very common amongst Hispanic people.

Prep

10 min

Cook

37 min

Servings

Difficulty

Medium

Ingredients

1.5 cups water
1.5 sticks cinnamon , broken into pieces
sweetener , optional
0.5 teaspoons lemon juice , optional

Instructions

1 Place water and cinnamon sticks in a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain tea and pour into a cup; add sweetener and lemon juice as desired.

Nutrition per serving

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