Warm Apple Tea is a light and delicious drink, made without added sugar, ideal for aiding digestion and staying warm. Enjoyed hot on cold winter days or warm in spring, it’s made by boiling apple and orange peels with cinnamon, star anise, and fresh ginger.

Preparation is very simple and quick, and in just a few minutes you’ll have a fragrant herbal tea to sip in the morning, as a snack, or immediately after meals.

The digestive apple herbal tea can be flavored to taste: you can choose the amount of cinnamon or ginger according to personal taste, add some cloves, add a pinch of powdered cardamom or boil apple juice directly instead of water.

What is Warm Apple Tea?
Apples and cinnamon have long been paired in European folk remedies and culinary practices—apples for their sweetness and mild acidity; cinnamon for its warming, antiseptic, and digestive qualities. Cinnamon came into the American colonies with European settlers, where it was prized not only for its flavor but also as a luxury spice and for medicinal uses in remedy books. Over time, as apples were abundant in North America and local herbalism grew, it became natural for people to brew warm drinks combining apples (fresh or dried), cinnamon sticks or powder, sometimes with additional spices.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, these apple-spice beverages were not always called “tea” in the sense of leaf tea, but functioned similarly: as warm infusions taken for comfort, digestion, or cold/winter relief. As commercial herbal teas grew in popularity mid‐20th century onward, apple-and-cinnamon flavored blends became common in grocery stores and tea brands, and home cooks adopted them as seasonal favorites—especially in autumn and winter—because of their cozy flavor, perceived health benefits, and simple, comforting aroma.

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