Baked Tea

INSTRUCTIONS

• 1
  First, preheat your oven to 200 °C and prepare a deep baking dish with a lid (or one that can be tightly covered with aluminum foil) in which you will bake the tea.
• 2
  Wash the apples, remove the cores, and cut them into cubes (about 0.5 cm or as large as you wouldn't mind having in your tea) with the skin on. Peel the oranges and cut them into pieces the same size as the apples. Clean the ginger and slice it. Then place the chopped fruit into the baking dish, sprinkle with sugar, and add cinnamon, cloves, and lemon juice. Mix the mixture thoroughly, cover the baking dish, place it in the preheated oven, and bake for 40 minutes at 180 °C. After this time, uncover the lid, reduce the temperature to 160 °C, and bake for another 10 minutes.
• 3
  While the tea is baking, prepare canning jars with a total volume of about 300 ml. Their size depends on how you want to consume the tea or if you want to give it as a gift – in that case, we recommend smaller jars with a maximum of 2 servings per jar. We chose larger ones (about 250 ml) because the tea is great, especially in winter, and is consumed quickly.
• 4
  Remove the tea from the oven and while still hot, divide it into the jars. You should have some fruit left over, as there will be less juice than fruit – we recommend keeping it and adding it to another tea or perhaps to oatmeal.
• 5
  After filling, tightly close the jars, turn them upside down, and let them cool (about 4 hours). Then transfer them to the refrigerator, where they should also be stored. The tea will last up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
• 6
  For a cup with a volume of 250 ml, 1–2 tablespoons of tea are enough, which you pour over with hot water.