Ice Tea For My Iftar

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Hello everyone and Cinnamons Cup a Coffee Community!
Today I want to tell you a little about today, I'm changing fasting.
I'll explain why I have to change my fasting..
So in my religion, there is an act of worship that requires fasting in the month of Ramadan. The month of Ramadan occurs for 1 month out of 12 months in a year. Okay, I'm not talking about religious now, I'm just telling you a little about why I fast today.

As you know, every month every woman will get a menstrual period for 5-10 days. Normally women will menstruate usually 7 days.
So, when fasting there is a privilege for women, if she is menstruating she will be released from fasting but will be replaced with the day after the month of Ramadan.

So, today I'm fasting because it replaces Ramadan fasting for 5 days. Because the month of Ramadan will soon come, I looked at the calendar and right at the beginning of April 2022 the month of Ramadan will come. It requires me to complete my fasting before the month of Ramadan arrives.

This is my first fasting after Ramadhan, I think this fasting will be very easy for me to run. A while ago, my husband said that he would accompany me to fasting, meaning he would fasting with me, eat when the sun had not yet shown its light, and break the fast together after sunset. But it was just a lie, I asked him again if he would accompany me, he said he couldn't afford to fast. How sad I have to go through fasting alone.

So during this first fast, I was completely limp. Maybe it's because I haven't fasted in a long time, plus my gerd has relapsed, and it makes me tremble when it's time to break the fast. I can only sleep while reading a book.

I thought of making a dish for iftar, I think I want to make something fresh and can restore my energy. I thought of making a simple and refreshing drink. I checked some ingredients in the fridge. I found some musk oranges and lemongrass. There is also basil seed and tea given by my sister when she went to the tea garden in Siantar City.

I made an ice tea, with some aromatics that might help my digestion during iftar. I've heard on the news that gerd can be overcome with musk oranges. I don't know if it's a hoax or fact, but I'm trying to think it will work for me.

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Recipe Ice Tea

How to make ice tea with musk orange and lemongrass is very easy. The ingredients and recipe is:

Ingredients:

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• Use 1 tablespoon of tea powder and brew it with hot water. I used 100 ml of hot water and mixed it with the tea powder which I let stand for 2 minutes to bring out a very intense color.
  In another glass, add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 lemongrass and 2 halved musk oranges.

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• Pour the tea into a glass containing lemongrass, don't forget to filter it.

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• Stir until the sugar is dissolved, and give a little basil seeds.

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• Pour enough ice, without ice is also delicious to drink.

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A Little Story About Dilan Novel

After making this glass of ice tea, I waited for sunset, when I could break my fast. Coincidentally, I broke my fast alone, my husband had not come home from work. I waited with a glass of ice tea, an appetizer, namely klepon which I bought from a seller who passed in front of my house, and read a novel that used to be a best seller, Dilan 1991.

By the way, this novel reminds me of a friend I haven't seen in a long time. This novel is the second part of the 1990 novel Dilan. There is a story about why I bought this novel. My friend really liked this novel, he told me to buy the second part of the novel, Dilan 1991. He didn't have enough money to buy the second part, he told me to read the novel, then I read and was interested in the continuation of the novel, so I bought it during the second part. the second has been published in our subscription bookstore. How cute is that my friend? And now, i miss her so much.

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See you in the next one!

Editing by Lightroom for Iphone 11

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