Ginger tea is the perfect drink for the cold season. It not only perfectly warms, but also strengthens the immune system, protects against colds and other ailments. In addition, tea speeds up the process of losing weight without harm to health.

Ginger Tea - A Classic Lemon Recipe

Today, finding ginger on sale is not difficult. It is sold in any supermarket and fruit shop. It is better to take a fresh root and rub it yourself, and not use ready-made dry powder. To make tea according to the classic recipe you will need: 10 g of ginger, 1 lemon, 50 g of natural bee honey, 0.5 l of water.

  1. The root is peeled and rubbed on a fine grater.
  2. The resulting “shavings” are poured with boiling water. Only then can juice of half a lemon be added to the drink.
  3. The dishes with tea are closed with a lid, wrapped in a towel and left to infuse for 25 minutes.
  4. At the end of the specified time, slices of the remaining lemon and honey are added to the drink.

Sugar in such tea will be superfluous, bee honey will give sweetness.

Cinnamon Slimming Recipe

If you plan to use ginger tea for weight loss, then cinnamon must be in its composition.

1 tsp is enough this fragrant spice. Also need to take: 3 tbsp. grated root and 800 ml of water.

  1. Ground ginger and cinnamon are placed in a thermos.
  2. Ingredients are poured with boiling water and infused for at least 40 minutes.

The finished drink is consumed daily before meals on an empty stomach 2 times a day - in the morning and in the evening.

Black currant tea

Ginger tea with the addition of currant leaves is very tasty and aromatic. It is better to use young leaves collected in the spring. To make tea you will need: 3 tsp. any quality black tea, the same amount of freshly chopped or dried leaves of currant, 30 g of ginger root.

  1. First of all, welding is poured with boiling water. Its quantity can be changed to your taste, choosing either a stronger or a weak drink.
  2. Brewed tea is filtered through a fine sieve or several layers of gauze, and then poured into a small thermos. Ginger root cut into small pieces is added to the same container.
  3. If fresh currant leaves are used, then they will need to be scalded first with boiling water and only then used in the recipe.
  4. After preparation, currant leaves are sent to a thermos for black tea.
  5. The drink should be infused with a closed lid for at least 15 minutes.

Drink tea should be hot with sugar or honey.

Green tea with ginger and milk to reduce appetite

If the main cause of excess weight is large portions of breakfast, lunch and dinner, then you can limit yourself with special green tea. In addition to the tea leaves (1 sachet), for one portion of the drink you need to take: 1 tsp. chopped ginger root, 350 ml of water, 130 ml of skim milk or cream (preferably home-made).

  1. For such a drink, ginger should be grated very finely. If the fibers do not allow it to be thoroughly chopped, then it is worthwhile to freeze the product slightly (about 25 minutes). After this procedure, the root rubs easily and quickly. Fragrant slurry is transferred to the strainer.
  2. The teapot warms up and is boiled over with boiling water. Tea water is poured into it, a tea bag and a strainer with chopped root are dropped.
  3. While the drink is brewing, milk is boiled in a separate container or cream is heated.
  4. All ingredients are combined in a ceramic container.

Tea is served to the table immediately (without prolonged infusion).

Brazilian recipe - anti-inflammatory

Ginger also has an anti-inflammatory effect, if you correctly select additional ingredients for it. Ready tea is important to drink for colds and to eliminate problems with the digestive tract. The recipe mixes ginger root (30 g), turmeric (1 tsp powder) and homemade butter (10 g).

  1. The root is peeled and turns into a homogeneous moist gruel.
  2. Turmeric and softened butter are added to the resulting mass. Together, the ingredients are thoroughly mixed.

The drink is served in an unusual way: a fragrant spicy paste is added to 200 ml of hot milk. Sweetened "tea" with bee honey. During the illness, you can drink it every three hours. It is also allowed to use such a healing agent as a prevention of colds and intestinal diseases.

Spiced tea with ginger, cardamom and cinnamon

Such a hot drink will quickly warm even on the coldest day, as well as speed up the healing process during acute respiratory viral infections. To prepare it, you need to use the following ingredients: 70 g of ginger root, 6 cloves, 8 boxes of cardamom, a pinch of cinnamon, half a lemon, 3 tsp. leaf green tea.

  1. Two tablespoons of tea are poured with boiling water and left for 7 minutes. This is necessary so that the leaves open well and give the drink its rich taste.
  2. A slice of ginger root is peeled and cut into thin slices. The juice released during grinding is best sent to the drink.
  3. Slices with liquid are transferred to the pan and sprinkled with all the spices listed.
  4. Tea is poured into the container along with the leaves. After boiling, the mass is left on low heat for 25 minutes.
  5. Also, lemon juice and fruit skin, cut into small pieces, are sent to the drink. After 5 minutes, you can remove the dishes from the stove and add the remaining tea to it.
  6. The drink will be infused for about 25 minutes.

After that, tea can be warmed up again and served.

Strengthen the immune system with fruit tea with ginger

To strengthen the immune system, both children and adults should drink tea prepared with the addition of not only ginger, but also fruits and spices. You need to take: a handful of dried apples, juice of 1 orange, 1 tbsp. grated orange and lemon zest, as well as chopped ginger root, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 star anise star.

  1. Well-washed dried apples, grated root, citrus zest and all spices are poured into boiling water. The resulting aromatic liquid is simmered for 3-5 minutes.
  2. Tea is poured into a container removed from the stove and orange juice is poured. After another 5-7 minutes, the drink can be served to the table, pre-filtered through a sieve.

When the tea has cooled, you can add a little more water to it and after boiling it, then darken for 5 minutes at minimum heat. Next, the drink is again served at the table.

Refreshing iced tea with ginger root, mint and tarragon

Ginger not only warms well, but also refreshes in hot weather. Of course, in the summer it is best served cold. For such a drink you will need to use: 1.8 l of purified water, 1 tbsp. l large leaf green tea and chopped ginger root, a bunch of fresh herbs (tarragon and lemon balm or mint), 3 slices of lime.

  1. Sprigs of greens are thoroughly washed. The upper leaves are removed from them, which are transferred to a glass container, the volume of which is at least 2 liters.
  2. Slices of lime go to fragrant greens. If this ingredient is not at hand, you can replace it with the usual lemon.
  3. The stalks of tarragon and mint are cut into short sticks, poured with cold water and brought to a boil over medium heat.
  4. Immediately after the appearance of the first bubbles, tea leaves are added to the container. Next, the pan is removed from the stove and left to infuse for a couple of minutes.
  5. The resulting tea is poured into a glass container with green leaves and lime. In this case, you need to use a fine sieve or gauze so that the stems and other components do not get into the drink.
  6. Once the liquid has completely cooled, the dishes are transferred to the lower shelf of the refrigerator, where the tea is infused and cooled.

A drink with sugar or honey is served. You can also add orange or grapefruit juice to it.

Ginger tea with honey and lemon

In addition to the classic habitual recipe for such a drink, there is an unusual one, found by scientists in one of the ancient manuscripts. It is believed that it fills a person with vivacity, energy and activates the protective functions of his body. For it you need to use: 3 tbsp. l chopped fresh ginger, 1.3 l of purified water, 100 ml of lemon juice, a pinch of ground black pepper, 80 g of honey, a few mint leaves. The following details how to make tea with ginger and lemon according to a unique recipe.

  1. After the water in the pan boils, ginger root grated on a fine grater is added to it.
  2. After 5-7 minutes, pepper and mint leaves are sent to the container. Grinding the latter is not required.
  3. All components are cooked over medium heat for 15-17 minutes. The liquid should not boil too much.
  4. After the specified time, the capacity is removed from the stove and infused.

The slightly cooled tea is carefully filtered, mixed with lemon juice and served on the table. It is important to drink it with cough, runny nose and other signs of a cold.

Extreme Recipe: Garlic Ginger Drink

Fans of unique recipes will certainly be interested in the option of ginger tea with garlic. Such a drink is considered a universal healing agent. It helps to cope with stress, nausea (including seasickness), with an allergic reaction, various skin diseases, gastrointestinal ailments, cough and colds. This is one of the best means to strengthen immunity. To prepare it, you need to use the following ingredients: 40 g of ginger root, 2 garlic cloves, 1.8 l of pure drinking water.

  1. Ginger root is thoroughly peeled from the upper skin and cut into thin slices.You can use a special grater for this.
  2. Garlic is also peeled and minced in any convenient way. For example, using a fine grater or a special press.
  3. Ginger slices and garlic are transferred to a thermos and poured with boiling water. The liquid should be infused for about 2 hours.
  4. After the specified time, the drink is filtered through cheesecloth and served on the table.

In case of illness, tea should be drunk throughout the day in minimal portions. You can add lemon juice and honey to the cup. Such a drink should be used with caution in people with stomach ulcers. It is especially useful during influenza epidemics.

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