Dairy-Free Spruce Tip Tea with Maple Syrup

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Fresh Spruce Tips
• 4 cups Water
• 2 tbsp Maple Syrup

Original measure retained: its cup/spoon or fluid-volume standard is unspecified.

Instructions

1. 1Place 4 cups of water into a medium-sized saucepan and bring it to a rolling boil over high heat. This should take about 5-10 minutes.
2. 2Once the water is boiling, carefully add the 1/4 cup of fresh spruce tips to the saucepan.
3. 3Reduce the heat to low, cover the saucepan, and let the mixture simmer gently for 5 to 7 minutes. You should notice a fragrant, pine-like aroma developing.
4. 4Remove the saucepan from the heat. Carefully pour the liquid through a fine-mesh sieve into a heatproof pitcher or teapot to separate the spruce tips from the tea. Discard the spruce tips.
5. 5Add the 2 tablespoons of maple syrup to the strained tea. Stir well until the maple syrup is completely dissolved and the tea is evenly sweetened.
6. 6Serve the Dairy-Free Spruce Tip Tea hot immediately. This recipe makes 4 servings.

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