Homemade Lemon Winter Melon Tea

Name: Homemade Lemon Winter Melon Tea
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds organic winter melon; 1/4 cup brown sugar (about 35 grams); 1/3 cup rock sugar (about 70 grams); 6 1/3 cups water (about 1500 milliliters)

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When the weather is hot, everyone at home looks for something cool to drink. Winter melon helps clear heat and toxins, reduces phlegm, quenches thirst, and relieves summer heat. The traditional drink 'Winter Melon Tea' is refreshing and thirst-quenching. Making it yourself might not be as sweet as store-bought, but it's completely free of additives, and you can control the sweetness. It's more natural, healthy, simple, and reassuring :D

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Ingredients
1 1/2 poundsorganic winter melon
1/4 cupbrown sugar (about 35 grams)
1/3 cuprock sugar (about 70 grams)
6 1/3 cupswater (about 1500 milliliters)

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1. Wash the winter melon, cut it into small pieces with seeds and skin, add water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to low heat and simmer for about 1.5 hours until the winter melon is soft. Turn off the heat and strain; 2. Add sugar and mix well (you can adjust the sweetness to taste. Add lemon juice after chilling for enhanced flavor.
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If it's too strong, dilute with water or ice when drinking, and add honey or maple syrup as desired.
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