Ginger Iced Tea Recipe: Tea with Honey

Here at the Honey House, we think so! Ginger is delicious for you. The root can help with digestive issues like nausea and indigestion that often accompany overeating and motion sickness. Iced ginger tea also offers health benefits such as high vitamin C content, potential reduction of inflammation and headaches, and can be a calming drink before bedtime when made with decaffeinated tea. Ginger is very spicy by itself; pairing it with our softens the flavors and sweetens up the spicy brew.

How to Make Honey and Ginger Tea

• Pour 8 cups of hot water into a heat-resistant pitcher. Add eight tea bags of honey and ginger.

• Allow to steep for 10 minutes.

• Remove and discard the ginger and tea bags and drink, or allow the tea to cool to room temperature.

• Add lemon juice and make ginger lemon iced tea for an extra boost of vitamin C and antioxidants.

• Add honey to the cooled tea to preserve its nutritional value.

• If you desire iced tea, refrigerate until ready to use.

• Serve over ice.

• Garnish with fresh ginger slices, lemon slices, or fresh mint sprigs.

For a sweet tea variation, adjust the amount of honey to your taste.

If you have an herb garden, put your plants to work by including them in this recipe. Add your favorite lemon herbs, such as lemon balm or lemon thyme, to the tea, or garnish with fresh lemon basil to up the ante! For more ideas on what works well with ginger, visit Food & Wine.

Make it Special: Add Honey

A recipe is not perfect until you’ve added your touch. That’s why we encourage you to read the tea leaves and get to the root of the matter. Call your inner chef to come out and play and change up this recipe. Here are some ideas:

• Freeze summer berries in ice cubes and drop them in your serving glasses.

• Garnish with fresh lemon slices and a stalk of fresh lemongrass.

• Experiment with different tea blends with this recipe and offer your guests an iced tea bar.

• We added slices of orange and ginger to the final pitcher of iced tea.

• For a fizzy twist, mix the ginger iced tea with ginger ale.

• Reheat leftover ginger tea to enjoy as hot tea.

• Try making lemon ginger iced tea by adding fresh lemon slices and ginger to the iced tea.

• For a calming bedtime drink, make lemon ginger tea using decaffeinated tea bags.