eight treasure tea 八宝茶

八宝茶 or eight treasure tea recipe , is courtesy of Chef Johnson from Long Feng... have been making for a while, but since i'm into blogging now, what the heck!

八宝茶料 Eight treasure tea ingredients

香片 Jasmine tea

菊花 Chrysenthemum flower

冬瓜糖，冰糖 Candied melon & lump sugar

洋参须 "Ginseng" root

龙眼 Dried longan

红枣 Red dates

蜜枣 Honey dates

无花果 "Flowerless fruit!" hehe.. Figs la...

Put all the ingredients inside a slow cooker, except jasmine.

Simmer simmer simmer & simmer...

Add jasmine tea...

yummy! all done!

I started boiling at 9am! I only finished the simmer simmer simmer process around 6pm!! Anyway, Chef Johnson would keep on boiling for days until it finishes. I like mine cold :) Papa calls it Pangsai Tea, 大便茶 cos of the detox cleansing properties of the yummy drink.