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Ginger Tea (생강차)

Paul
February 22, 2018
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Two pink cups of ginger tea, a yellowish, slightly cloudy liquid. A mason jar full of the concentrated, yellowish ginger-sugar mixture is behind the cups.
Two cups of Ginger Tea.

 

Ginger is root that has a unique spicy flavor. It helps warm the body, which makes it great for a cold day. It can also help relieve headaches* and helps with digestion.

This recipe for Ginger tea is easy to make and should take about 15-minutes. You can store the concentrated mix in the refrigerator for several months. Just add a spoonful to a cup of boiling water to enjoy.

Ingredients

  • Fresh Ginger
  • White Sugar
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Directions

First, you’ll want to weigh your ginger. When you go to the store to buy fresh ginger, you can use their scales if you don’t have one. We are using a one-to-one ratio of ginger to sugar, by weight, so if you have a pound of ginger, get a pound of ginger. After we clean and peel the ginger, the weight will reduce, but not by very much. We just need an approximate weight.

Fresh ginger rests on a digital scale. The scale reads 2 pounds, 10.8 ounces. To the right of the scale is a rectangular, glass jar full of white sugar, topped with a metal lid. To the left of the scale is a metal hand grater.
Weigh your ginger to see how much sugar you need.

Here, we have 2 pounds, 10.8 ounces of sugar, so we’ll need the same weight in sugar. Since one cup of sugar weighs about half a pound, we need about five cups of sugar.

A root of ginger is peeled with a knife, holding the knife perpendicular to the surface of the ginger.
Peel the ginger by scraping it with a paring knife or a spoon.

Next, wash and peel the ginger. You can use either a small knife or spoon to scrape the skin off.

If you have a high-power blender, chop the ginger into smaller pieces and add them together with the sugar to the blender. We blend about a pound of ginger and a pound of sugar together at a time.

A blender contains a mix of sugar and chopped pieces of peeled ginger.
A blender full of equal parts, by weight, of sugar and chopped ginger.

If you don’t have a blender, grate the ginger with a hand grater. With the ginger grated, add it together with the sugar to a jar or container. Add a few spoons of ginger, followed by a few spoons of sugar. Alternate as you fill the container, ginger-sugar-ginger-sugar.

Two mason jars full of a yellowish mixture of ginger and sugar. The jars are sealed with metal lids
Two jars full of our blended sugar/ginger mixture.

Once you have the container filled and covered, you can store the mixture in the refrigerator for several months so it is ready to use.

Two pink cups of ginger tea, a yellowish, slightly cloudy liquid. A mason jar full of the concentrated, yellowish ginger-sugar mixture is behind the cups.
Two cups of Ginger Tea.

To make tea from the mixture, boil a cup of water and add a spoonful of the ginger mix. Strain and serve.

 

  • Fresh ginger rests on a digital scale. The scale reads 2 pounds, 10.8 ounces. To the right of the scale is a rectangular, glass jar full of white sugar, topped with a metal lid. To the left of the scale is a metal hand grater.
    Weigh your ginger to see how much sugar you need.
  • A root of ginger is peeled with a knife, holding the knife perpendicular to the surface of the ginger.
    Peel the ginger by scraping it with a paring knife or a spoon.
  • A metal bowl is full of peeled, fresh ginger roots.
    A bowl of peeled ginger.
  • Ginger is being grated with a hand grater.
    Grating ginger.
  • A piece of peeled, fresh ginger is being chopped on a cutting board.
    Chop the ginger into small pieces to add to the blender.
  • A cup of sugar is on a grey digital scale. The display shows 0 pounds, 8.0 ounces.
    Weighing a cup of sugar. Here one cup weighs 8 ounces, or half-a-pound.
  • A blender contains a mix of sugar and chopped pieces of peeled ginger.
    A blender full of equal parts, by weight, of sugar and chopped ginger.
  • Two mason jars full of a yellowish mixture of ginger and sugar. The jars are sealed with metal lids
    Two jars full of our blended sugar/ginger mixture.
  • A spoon of ginger-sugar mixture is added to a pot of boiling water.
    Add a spoon of the ginger-sugar mix to a cup of boiling water. Strain and serve.
  • Two pink cups of ginger tea, a yellowish, slightly cloudy liquid. A mason jar full of the concentrated, yellowish ginger-sugar mixture is behind the cups.
    Two cups of Ginger Tea.
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*Further reading: Ginger for Migrane Headaches

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