Camote tops iced tea is a refreshing drink I learned to prepare about some five years ago. It is clean and yummy tasting, and has a lot of nutritional benefits.
It has always been magical to see the tea turn into pink as soon as you squeeze calamansi juice into the tea. Like me, the kids are always amazed about the color change each time!
Health Benefits of drinking Camote Tops Iced Tea
And apart from making your children’s eyes sparkle with its *magical features* Camote tops tea helps regulate blood sugar, helps lower bad cholesterol levels, raises immune function. There is also an ongoing study that links it into helping cure dengue symptoms by raising platelet count.
Anyway for those of you who may want to serve this iced tea to your kids (toddlers two years old and up), here’s a rough guide:
How to prepare Camote Tops Iced Tea:
Boil one cup of washed red talbos ng kamote (red sweet potato leaves) into three to four cups of water. Simmer for two to three minutes, and let it cool.
Once the tea is already lukewarm, add the juice of 1-2 pieces of calamansi per 8 ounces of tea. Add in half a tablespoon of honey or brown sugar to sweeten it a bit.
Add some iced cubes and serve! This drink can keep in the fridge for 2-3 days, and is perfect for the summer season! You can also pair this with your kid’s meal or meryenda because it is perfectly healthy (honey should never be served though to children younger than two years old because of the risk of botulism).
So there you have it, i hope you can try this recipe at home and prepare some for your family.
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Leaving you with a video on the health benefits of consuming camote tops and other talbos na gulay:
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