You will need
- - a piece of root ginger weighing in at 100g;
- - 3 cups of boiling water;
- - honey, lemon, mint, brown sugar, Cayenne pepper, etc.
Instruction
1
Fresh root ginger is covered with a thin skin, it does not need to be cleaned, and quite a bit scratched, like young potatoes, but from an old root, you need to carefully remove the brown "skin". Cut the peeled ginger into thin slices. Boil water.
2
You can make ginger tea in several ways. For example, cover the slices with boiling water in teapot, cover and infuse for 15-20 minutes. Can put the ginger in a pot or bucket with boiling water and cook for 5-10 minutes, then leave to cool for 15 minutes. If you have a special container for individual infuser – tea strainer, you can put the pieces of root in it and put it in a Cup of hot water. In this case, use the whole root, but only 1/3. The Cup should be covered with a saucer or lid to the drink steep for 10-15 minutes.
3
Strain the drink, if you brewed it in the pan or ladle, pour from the kettle or just remove the strainer from the Cup. If you keep the ginger in the hot water longer than necessary time, the tea will taste bitter.
4
Drink ginger tea hot or cold, as you like. This is a basic recipe that you can make a lot of changes. To drink was sweeter, add honey or silent sugar, preferably brown. If you drink tea to warm up, put in boiling water a pinch of Cayenne pepper or cinnamon. Perfectly quenches thirst and soothes nausea cold ginger tea with ice, lemon slices and fresh mint. You can plant ginger black or green tea if you are more accustomed to this taste.
5
If you weren't root ginger, but only the powder of it, you can also brew ginger tea. To do this, mix in a Cup 1 teaspoon of honey with 1/2 a teaspoon of dried ginger root and pour boiling water over, cover with plate or lid and leave for 10-15 minutes. This tea is best to drink immediately, it, in contrast to drinks from fresh ginger, not worth keeping long.
Note
Ginger tea is a rather specific drink with unusual taste. Tea prepared using ginger root, adding to the beverage the spices to enhance the taste. In addition, tea with ginger brew, combining the usual tea leaves and powder, or small chips of ginger root. What is ginger? This is a perennial herb, leaves, seeds, roots contain essential oil with a specific flavor.
Useful advice
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