Drinks

Honey Ginger Tea

Name: Honey Ginger Tea
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 mug
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 300ml water; 2cm fresh ginger, thinly sliced or grated; 1 tablespoon raw desert honey; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; Optional: small pinch of salt if you want it rounder

Fresh ginger, lemon, and raw desert honey in a warm drink that actually tastes alive. Useful on cold mornings, scratchy-throat days, and anytime the kettle is already on.

Prep

5 min

Cook

5 min

Makes

1 mug

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients

300ml water
2cm fresh ginger, thinly sliced or grated
1 tablespoon raw desert honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Optional: small pinch of salt if you want it rounder

Method

1
Add the water and ginger to a small saucepan. Bring to a gentle simmer for 5 minutes.
2
Strain into a mug and let it sit for 1-2 minutes. You want hot, not boiling.
3
Stir in the lemon juice.
4
Add the honey and stir until dissolved.
5
Sip while warm. Let it sit in the throat rather than knocking it back.

Notes

Grated ginger gives more heat than sliced ginger. Use sliced if you want it calmer.
Do not boil the honey with the ginger. Simmer the ginger first, then add honey after the drink cools a little.
Bloodwood honey gives the drink a deeper caramel edge. River Red Gum keeps it lighter.
Make a double batch of the ginger water and keep it in the fridge for two days. Warm a mug at a time and add honey fresh.

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Drinks

Honey Ginger Tea

Fresh ginger, lemon, and raw desert honey in a warm drink that actually tastes alive. Useful on cold mornings, scratchy-throat days, and anytime the kettle is already on.

Prep

5 min

Cook

5 min

Makes

1 mug

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients

300ml water
2cm fresh ginger, thinly sliced or grated
1 tablespoon raw desert honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Optional: small pinch of salt if you want it rounder

Method

1
Add the water and ginger to a small saucepan. Bring to a gentle simmer for 5 minutes.
2
Strain into a mug and let it sit for 1-2 minutes. You want hot, not boiling.
3
Stir in the lemon juice.
4
Add the honey and stir until dissolved.
5
Sip while warm. Let it sit in the throat rather than knocking it back.

Notes

Grated ginger gives more heat than sliced ginger. Use sliced if you want it calmer.
Do not boil the honey with the ginger. Simmer the ginger first, then add honey after the drink cools a little.
Bloodwood honey gives the drink a deeper caramel edge. River Red Gum keeps it lighter.
Make a double batch of the ginger water and keep it in the fridge for two days. Warm a mug at a time and add honey fresh.

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