Name: Ginger-Turmeric Herbal Tea
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 cups water; ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; ½ teaspoon chopped fresh ginger; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 lemon wedge

If you are having trouble including these anti-inflammatory spices in your diet, here is an alternative to supplements.  Actually quite tasty! I believe this tea is popular in Okinawa, Japan. Just remember turmeric stains. I make mine in an old mason jar, wrapped in an old tea towel! Turmeric is used for medicinal purposes in India.

Ginger-Turmeric Herbal Tea

water

turmeric

ginger

cinnamon

honey

lemon wedge

Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan; add turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain tea into a large glass; add honey and lemon wedge.


There is no need to strain this, the spices are good for you!  I liked this hot or cold.  Make sure to cool this so when the hot tea is poured over ice, it doesn't crack the glass if serving as an iced beverage!

my mother is in stage 4 lung cancer she also has bone cancer as well as a brain tumor. on typical day she wakes up crying like an infant
. for the first time in  months she's woke up without pain it's amazing.

I make this all the time in the cold months with fresh organic Turmeric and Ginger. I also use organic lemon wedge and raw honey. Reducing the toxins while receiving the full benefits of the tea.

I love this recipe because it's the perfect upset-tummy-head-cold-stuffy-nose-its-too-crummy-outside type tea.  You can also gauge how much of one ingredient or another you want over the times of making it.  I personally add more ginger so that it helps my throat feel good.  I also enjoy it MUCH more when its warm, it's the perfect tummy and cold remedy.  The tea is also filled with wonderful nutrients and vitamins that make your digestive tract very happy, and your body very healthy :) 

**TIPS the turmeric WILL stain anything that you use to make this!  I use a dark colored pot, and immediately wash the strainer and spoon I use when I make this.  I store it in a drink container (about 2 qt) that is meant only for this tea!

I doubled the recipe (to have more for later), added a few peppercorns (from other recipes) crushed the ginger and boiled the whole thing with a half lemon sliced with the rind and a cinnamon stick, strained and it came out quite lovely and fragrant, similar to a "friendship tea."  Had to add a little extra honey because the lemon made it sour.  I have shared this recipe with my patients recovering from colds and other respiratory illnesses or who have aches and pains.

in order for your body to use the Tumeric properly you must add black pepper to the drink .An easier way to do it is to buy Tumeric tablets containing the black pepper and drink it with the tea.

Love, love, love this tea!  Simple, fast, inexpensive and healing!!!  I double the ginger because I enjoy the little tingle that I feel in the back of my throat as I drink it.  It is also a reminder to me of just how healing this tea is.  I don't care for lemon in my tea so I left that out.  I also did not strain it.  I want all of that goodness inside of me!!

A very nice soothing tea. I think i would cut back on the turmeric and cinnamon next time as i found them a bit overpowering. I used maple syrup and added an extra teaspoon to balance the flavor.As it cools it is quite tasty and i will make this again. Thank you nascarrunner71 for the recipe.

Loved it! I used fresh ginger and fresh turmeric without cinnamon. Thank you for the recipe.

Tried this ,it was good ! Going to make a 4 cup batch without the honey and mix it with 4 cups of green tea . Going to drink it b4 and to break my fast

Ginger-Turmeric Herbal Tea

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 2

Author : nascarrunner71

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