Easy Ginger Tea

Lennie's Note:

This is one of my absolute favourite things to drink, other than coffee and regular tea, that is! It's so easy, and it's good for you, too! You can buy ginger tea in packets, but it's better (and cheaper, too) to just make your own with fresh ginger. Thanks to Cdn Living Magazine for the original recipe I based this on!

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 1

• 1 ½ teaspoons freshly grated gingerroot
• 1 ½ cups boiling water
• 1 ½ teaspoons white sugar

Directions:

1. Place grated ginger into a 2-cup glass measuring cup.
2. Fill to the 1-1/2 cup line with boiling water.
3. Set timer for 10 minutes.
4. When timer goes off, strain into a large mug and stir in sugar (you may need more or less, depending on how sweet you want your tea).
5. Taste; if it's too strong (too gingery) for you, add a little more boiling water to your mug, but I found the strong taste really grew on me, so I hope you try it this way first!
6. Sip and enjoy!
7. Note#1: If that's too much, you can use just 1 tsp grated ginger and just 1 cup of boiling water, but I like a big mug.
8. Note#2: a squeeze of lemon can be added, and maple syrup is an interesting replacement for the white sugar.
9. Note#3: If you triple or quadruple this recipe, you can make a lovely pot of ginger tea instead of a single serving.

Reviews

[WaterMelon]

i drink this all the time, usually with a slice of lemon. it's great, with/without sweetener. Great after a karaoke session, it really soothes the throat. thanks lennie!

[laurenremmers]

Delicious, love this tea! try making your own tea bag out of a small piece of cheesecloth. Wrap the ginger up inside and tie in a knot, and leave a long piece coming off from the knot. Leave this long part sticking out of your teapot and simply pull it out when you're done steeping! This relieves you of having to strain it when it's done. It works great! Also try adding some lemon zest into the teabag.

[Gaia22]

Thanks so much for posting this seemingly ultra simple recipe. Late one night, I was desperately looking for a single-cup homemade recipe of ginger tea to hopefully soothe my week-long ailing stomach. I knew ginger was known for helping the digestive tract so I wanted something simple & without extra ingredients, but I had never actually made, or had, just "Ginger Tea" before (so off to recipezaar I went). The ratios & the steep time of this recipe created the absolute perfect cup! It was Intense, but addicting - Somehow just right! This is now my permanent basic ginger tea recipe to which I have already repeatedly used. I do use honey in place of the sugar. Oh, and it really was therapeutic for my stomach :) Thank You!