Make Your Own Powdered Lemon Tea

We spent an hour this morning squeezing lemons to make lemonade syrup. If you would like to try the recipe follow the link - http://cyprusgardener.blogspot.com/2011/07/make-your-own-lemonade-syrup.html

The process left us with lots of lemon rinds and as we like lemon tea we decided to dry the peels for powdering to use for tea.

It's a simple process, just a matter of cutting away the bitter pith with a sharp knife and then leaving the strips, peel side up, on a plate to dry indoors. Alternatively the rind can easily be peeled using a vegetable peeler.

Drying takes between 3-5 days depending on the air temperature, after which the shriveled dry skins can be powdered in a food processor (or using a mortar and pestel) before storage.

Store in a clean jar in a dark cupboard and away from any heat source.

The same process can be used for any citrus skins. Try a combination of grapefruit, lemon and orange for quite a lovely flavour.