Apple Fig Tea 蘋果無花果茶

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 Apples

  , cored and cut into ⅛ pieces. Can be replaced by pears and Asian pears
• 6 Dried figs

  , cut in halves
• ½ c Raw pearl barley
• ½ c Puffed barley

  (cooked barley) This is a very important ingredient to protect your digestive system if you are unsure if you have a “cold” body or a “hot” body
• 8 Chinese yam (淮山, húai shān)

  ,  sliced pieces. Can be either dried or fresh
• 80 g Rock sugar (cane)

  or you can use honey
• 2.6 litres Water

Instructions

• 1 Wash and rinse raw and puffed barley
• 2 If you have sulphured Chinese yams, soak in water for 30 minutes then rinse
• 3 If you have unsulphured Chinese yam, just wash and rinse
• 4 Put all the ingredients except for the rock sugar into a large pot and bring
  contents to a boil
• 5 Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 1.5-2 hours
• 6 Add rock sugar
• 7 Ready to serve when sugar has dissolved

Nutrition Info