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Coffee & Tea Guides
Brew better and explore more — buying guides, how-tos, and explainers for every coffee and tea ritual.
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How to Make Onion Tea at Home
Onion tea is a mild, sweet-savoury, caffeine-free cup made by simmering fresh onion until it turns soft and gently sweet, then finishing it with honey, lemon and ginger. Here is the simple stovetop method, amounts and timing.
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How to Make Garlic Tea at Home
Garlic tea is a warm, savoury, caffeine-free cup made by gently simmering crushed fresh garlic in water, then finishing with honey, lemon and a slice of ginger. Here is the simple recipe, the amounts and a strength guide.
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How to Make Strawberry Cold Foam at Home
A fruity, pale-pink cold foam you froth cold — with real strawberry puree or freeze-dried powder — then float over iced coffee, cold brew or iced matcha.
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How to Make Maple Cold Foam at Home
To make maple cold foam, froth cold milk with real maple syrup and a little vanilla until it turns thick, glossy and just pourable, then float it over iced coffee or cold brew for a naturally sweet, caramel-woodsy cap.
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How to Make Caramel Cold Foam at Home
The sweet, buttery caramel cap for iced coffee and cold brew: froth cold milk with caramel syrup and a splash of vanilla into a thick, glossy, pourable foam in about a minute.
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How to Make Piloncillo Syrup for Coffee
Piloncillo syrup is a dark, molasses-rich sweetener made from unrefined whole-cane sugar — the cones sold across Mexico and Latin America, also known as panela. Here is how to make it at home and stir it into iced coffee, cold brew, and lattes.
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How to Make Almond Syrup (Orgeat) for Coffee
Almond syrup, the classic French orgeat, is easy to make at home: simmer a sugar syrup, steep toasted almonds, add a splash of orange-flower water, then bottle a sweet, nutty syrup for lattes, iced coffee and cold brew.
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How to Make Earl Grey Syrup for London Fogs & Lattes
Earl Grey syrup is a bergamot-scented tea syrup for London fogs, lattes, and iced drinks. Here is the 1:1 recipe, the short-steep trick that keeps it from turning bitter, an ingredient table, and how to store it.
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How to Make Cranberry Tea at Home (Fresh, Frozen or Dried)
Learn how to make cranberry tea from fresh, frozen or dried berries: a tart, ruby-red, caffeine-free infusion with a spiced cranberry-orange variation, an iced version, and simple storage tips.
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How to Make Violet Tea at Home
Violet tea is a delicate, caffeine-free floral infusion made from sweet violet flowers. Here is how to make it from fresh or dried blooms, plus the fun lemon colour-change trick.
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How to Make Tarragon Tea: A Simple French Herb Recipe
Tarragon tea is a fragrant, caffeine-free infusion of French tarragon leaves. Here is a simple recipe with fresh and dried amounts, steep times, and a refreshing iced version.
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How to Make Kawakawa Tea at Home (Dried-Leaf Recipe)
Kawakawa tea is a warm, gently peppery, caffeine-free infusion made from the dried heart-shaped leaves of a native New Zealand shrub. Here is how to make it, with amounts, steep times, serving ideas, and storage tips.
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How to Make Flaxseed Tea at Home
Flaxseed tea is a mild, nutty, silky, caffeine-free drink made by simmering or steeping whole flaxseeds (linseeds) in hot water. Here are the amounts, the step-by-step method and how to keep it.
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How to Make Banana Peel Tea at Home
Banana peel tea is a mild, faintly sweet, caffeine-free drink made by simmering a washed ripe banana peel in water. Here is the simple recipe, exact amounts, a flavor table, and light safety notes for a gentle evening cup.
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How to Make Avocado Leaf Tea at Home
Avocado leaf tea is a sweet, anise-scented, caffeine-free infusion made from the fragrant leaves of the Mexican avocado. Here is how to toast, steep, and sweeten a golden cup at home.
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How to Make Cleavers Tea (Cold Infusion Recipe)
Cleavers tea is a mild, green, caffeine-free drink made from the sticky wild herb Galium aparine, also called goosegrass. Here is how to make it as a classic cold infusion or a quick hot cup, with amounts, timings and foraging safety tips.
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How to Make Horsetail Tea at Home
Horsetail tea is a mild, grassy, caffeine-free infusion of dried field horsetail (Equisetum arvense). Here is how to simmer or steep it at home, plus identification and light, non-medical safety notes.
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How to Make Sumac Tea: Tart, Lemony & Caffeine-Free
Sumac tea is a tart, ruby-red, lemony, caffeine-free infusion made from culinary sumac. Here is how to make sumac tea step by step, with amounts, a quick table, an iced pink-lemonade version, and a light safety note.
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How to Make Eucalyptus Tea at Home
Eucalyptus tea is a bright, cooling, caffeine-free infusion made by steeping a small amount of dried eucalyptus leaf. Here is the full recipe — amounts, steep times, storage, and the one rule that matters: use the leaf only, never the oil.
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How to Make Slippery Elm Tea at Home
Slippery elm tea is a mild, faintly sweet, caffeine-free cup made from the inner bark of the slippery elm tree. Here is how to whisk the powder or steep the cut bark into a smooth, silky brew.
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How to Make Elderberry Tea at Home
A simple how-to for elderberry tea: gently simmer dried or cooked-fresh ripe black elderberries into a deep, tart, caffeine-free cup, and why you always cook them first.
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How to Make Dandelion Tea (Leaf, Flower, or Root)
Dandelion tea is an earthy, caffeine-free brew from the common dandelion. Here is how to make it three ways: steep the leaves or flowers, or simmer roasted root.
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How to Make a Guillermo: Espresso Poured Over Lime
A guillermo is espresso poured over fresh lime, served hot or iced with an optional splash of milk. Here is a simple guillermo coffee recipe, the equipment, ordered steps, and the variations worth knowing.
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How to Make a Gibraltar Coffee at Home
A gibraltar is a double shot of espresso cut with a roughly equal splash of silky steamed milk, served in a small Libbey Gibraltar glass. Here is the 1:1 ratio, a step-by-step method, the gear you need, and how it compares to a cortado and a flat white.