Avoca Dabra – Anjali Kanoria

As temperatures across the country are soaring, a glass of ice cold brew could just be the answer to your heat woes.

We tried the Sandhya, Bewild Cold Brew Medium roast in a very subtle recipe – Orange Cinnamon Cold Brew.

On World Environment Day, we held a sapling planting drive at the Hyderabad Collective. This drink was quite the hit after a long day of work in the sun.

Here’s the recipe and I hope you try this fantastic drink too!

Ingredients

Cold Brew:

• 1 litres of water at room temperature 
• 100 grams Sandhya or Bhumi (depending on your taste)

Spice it up with

• 2 slices of orange 
• 2 cinnamon sticks 
• Honey to taste 
• Milk to taste

Preparation

• Add coffee to a glass bottle
• Add water, stir well and set aside or refrigerate for 24 hours
• Strain well and add cinnamon and slices of orange.  
• Refrigerate again for 12 hours 

The drink is now ready. You can enjoy this iced and cold with a bit of honey and milk or skip these altogether.

Pro tip:

• Use a cheesecloth to strain the coffee to make sure the drink is absolutely smooth 
• To retain a fresh taste, avoid brewing or storing in plastic

Exfoliation is a must if you are after naturally healthy and glowing skin. The right way to exfoliate your skin is to be gentle and use a mild scrub. And you can always rely on homemade natural exfoliators which are mild, yet effective on your skin.

One of the best way to prepare a homemade scrub is by using orange peel powder. It has multiple benefits, starting from curing acne and blackheads to boosting your complexion. It also provides anti-oxidant support to our skin.

Here’s how you can also prepare orange peel scrub at home

1. Take 3-4 medium sized oranges and remove the peel
2. Cut them up in to thin slices and spread the orange peel slices on a tray and place it under the sun
3. Cover the tray with a thin piece of cloth or paper. It may take up to 2-4 days for the orange peels to dry up
4. Once they are dried up, powder them using a grinder and store it in an airtight container and use to prepare your own DIY orange peel scrub

Some benefits of using an orange peel scrub

1. Orange peel is a great source of vitamin C. In fact, it contains more vitamin C that the fruit itself. This high amount of vitamin C helps to boost your skin health in multiple ways
2. It helps with skin whitening and brightening melanin which is the natural pigment, present on the skin and is responsible for our skin color. More melanin results in a deeper skin tone. Vitamin C has the ability to reduce melanin synthesis, thus lightening our skin color