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Dried Sugar Cane Herbal Tea


You would have seen this in most Chinese shops. It's a packet of dried ingredients made up of roots and twigs. Actually it is sugar cane. Dried sugar cane with an assortment of ingredients to make a cooling herbal tea. It's called Cane & Arrow Root Stock. 

sugar cane herbal tea

The package contains 3 ingredients (see photo below) - sugar cane, carrot and arrow root. 



All you have to do is put the contents of this packet into a pot of water, say 1 liter. Boil on low fire for 20 minutes. Then add rock sugar to taste. It's a traditional herbal tea for cooling down the body on hot summer days! 


sugar cane herbal tea

Arrow root is the white slices, the carrot is the amber coloured stuff on the top while the rest are just sugar cane.

What's your favourite herbal tea? 

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hanna said…
What about putting a mint on the tea blend to make it cooler? I've been doing this for several brewed teas that I am making even for those tulsi tea that I got from mercola. Mint is good cooling ingredient that is really good and beneficial too.
6:30 PM
Krista Goon said…
Hi Hanna: The art of Chinese herbalism is in the balance of yin and yang ingredients. When we buy herb packets from the Chinese medical stores, it is already prepacked with adequate herbs. That is why you don't need to add additional herbs or ingredients. I do agree that mint is a useful ingredient and on its own is a fantastic herb. However I don't think mint would go well with this herbal tea but that's just my opinion. Do feel free to add whatever you feel is good for you. Thanks ;-)
11:49 AM
Jean said…
Hi Krista, thanks for poating this. I stumbled upon this exact package at the supermart this morning & was wondering how it's used. Now I know!
1:50 AM
Krista Goon said…
Hi Jean - good to know it helped! Thanks for stopping by too.
12:43 PM
Anjolie said…
Hi Krista! Thanks so much for sharing this info. I've recently been getting into TCM and when I saw this packet at the local Asian store I was intrigued; appreciate the useful information!
4:22 AM
Anonymous said…
Hi Anjolie - glad the information helped! Did you make it into a tea? - Krista
5:01 PM
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