Gingerminttea Recipes

GINGER TEA

Steps:

• Bring 8 cups water and 1 cup thinly sliced unpeeled ginger to a simmer in a saucepan; simmer until reduced to 5 cups, about 25 minutes. Sweeten with 1/4 cup honey and divide among mugs (strain, if desired). Dust with cinnamon.

REFRESHING MINT TEA

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Bring the water to a boil.
• Remove from the heat and add the fresh mint leaves. Steep for 3 to 5 minutes, depending on desired strength.
• Add optional sweetener. Start with 1 teaspoon per cup and add more as desired.
• If serving iced, fill tall glasses with ice and pour the tea over. If serving hot, pour the tea into mugs. Garnish with optional lemon slices and/or lemon juice to taste.

EASY CHAI TEA RECIPE

Steps:

• Place the cardamom, cloves, and peppercorns in a resealable plastic bag and crush with a heavy skillet.
• Place the crushed spices in a medium saucepan, along with the cinnamon sticks, ginger, milk, and 2 cups of water.
• Bring mixture to a boil then remove from heat.
• Add the tea bags, cover, and let steep for 10 minutes.

GINGER MINT TEA

Steps:

• Combine water, mint and ginger in a pan, simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes; strain, discard mint and ginger.
• Stir in honey.
• Serve tea, hot or chilled, with lemon slices.

MINT-GINGER ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine ginger, mint tea, and boiling water. Let steep 8 minutes. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a large container; discard solids. Stir in honey. Let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours. Serve over ice with mint sprigs.