Plum Rooibos Night In

Plum and cardamom give rooibos an interesting contrast between soft fruit and fragrant spice. The plum’s skin can add a little tang, while cardamom brings a brighter perfume to the tea’s woody flavor. Use ripe fruit and a small measured amount of spice. Let the plum infuse after brewing rather than making an increasingly strong tea. You want to notice the fruit alongside the cardamom, not lose it behind an enthusiastic shake of spice.

Ingredients

• 6 oz Hot water
• 1 tea bag Rooibos tea
• 1/2 fruit Plum
• 1/16 tsp Ground cardamom

Make it

1. Add the tea or fruit and spices to a heatproof mug or small saucepan.
2. Pour in the hot water. Steep tea for the time on its packet, or gently simmer fruit for 3–5 minutes.
3. Remove tea bags. Strain if you prefer, add any optional sweetener, and sip while comfortably warm.

Benefits

Rooibos · caffeine-free with plum and cardamom

Plum and cardamom changes the character of the rooibos, giving a caffeine-free brew more than one flavor to notice.

Plum · a reason to linger

Warm plum with rooibos and cardamom and you get a sweet-tart plum flavor in a cup made for small, comfortably warm sips.