Yaupon Preparation
Yaupon can be steeped like tea, brewed like coffee or even prepared in the same style as yerba mate.
Apple pie in a cup! Smooth, delicious yaupon tea with tart apple juice and warm spices (cinnamon, cloves, and allspice). Lightly sweetened with brown sugar. All real ingredients—no flavorings!
This concentrate is incredibly versatile. Add hot water for a cozy autumn drink, pour over ice for refreshing iced tea, or mix with sparkling water for a festive spritzer. Makes a fantastic cocktail mixer—try it with rum or whiskey! Want the easiest mulled wine ever? Mix one bottle of concentrate with one bottle of red wine and heat gently. You're going to love it.
Instructions: Shake well before using. Mix 2 tablespoons per 8oz of water, or mix the entire jar with 7 cups of water for a pitcher. Refrigerate after opening and use within two weeks.
Ingredients: Yaupon tea (filtered water, yaupon), brown sugar, concentrated apple juice, concentrated orange juice, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid).
Yaupon can be steeped like tea, brewed like coffee or even prepared in the same style as yerba mate.
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The drinking of yaupon goes back into the time of the ancients, before the cataloging of history and the arrival of Europeans in the New World. Yaupon, the only caffeinated plant native to North America and a relative of yerba mate and guayusa, is an inconspicuous little evergreen that grows along the coastal regions of the Southern United States and the Atlantic coast.