Dec 11, 2010

Coffee cherry tea

Coffee cherry tea is a herbal tea from the dried berries (or "cherry") won the coffee plant. It is also known as cascara, cascara from the Spanish, meaning "skin".

Coffee cherries tea is rarely produced for export, but is often drunk in some coffee-producing countries, particularly in Bolivia and as a variant Qishr, Yemen.

It is generally consumed in Bolivia, where he is known as Sultana, and the sun dried and lightly roasted coffee cherries made​​. It can also be mixed with cinnamon. It is also called "poor man's coffee," and "the coffee of the army."

Coffee cherries contain caffeine is known as the tea, the caffeine level is very nominal [Edit]. The low level of caffeine in the cherry means that regular consumption of tea, not a stimulant effect can be felt. The taste of the coffee cherry tea quite differently than coffee, and has turned into something sweet and cherry aromas described surprisingly pleasant.

Brewing
Brewing policies are not standardized, but 20 grams per liter of water, which is about 5 grams per cup (8 QZ, 240 ml) is proposed. If the coffee berries, tea, ground and classified to loose tea industry standard format is one teaspoon per 6 liters of water for 5 minutes, then the standard brewing instructions.

A good beer is a dark red tea, brew time guidelines vary from 4 minutes to 7 or 8 minutes.

In the United States, dried coffee berries are available from Sweet Maria's and Counter Culture Coffee, the UK, they are available from the Square Mile Coffee Roasters.

Cherry Coffee tea in loose tea and other various forms, is now available worldwide by the Hawaiian community recycling and Cryogenic Technologies LLC.