5.0 from 123 votes
Turmeric ginger cinnamon lemon honey tea
Easy, healthy, naturally golden and only requires 5 ingredients.
Prep Time
3 mins
Cook Time
3 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 34 kcal
Course:
Dessert , Appetizer , Drinks
Cuisine:
Fusion
Ingredients
- 10 lices Turmeric peeled and sliced. Substitute: turmeric powder
- 6-10 lices ginger peeled and sliced. Substitute: dried ginger powder
- 1 cinnamon Substitute: cinnamon powder
- 1 Lemon, squeeze Substitute: lime juice
- 6 Cups water
- honey, to taste Ideally Manuka honey for the health benefits. Substitute: white or brown sugar
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a pot, except the honey and lemon juice. Bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer.
- After 10 minutes, taste and see if it's strong enough for you. If not, keep simmering. (I usually simmer for anything between 10-30 minutes depending on how much time I have!)
- Once the flavor and color are to your liking, switch off the fire then pour in the lemon juice.
- Add the honey to sweeten to taste.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Notes
- The easiest way to peel turmeric and ginger that wastes the least is using the back of a spoon. For more ideas on how to use turmeric, click here. For a stronger ginger tea, use grated ginger.
- Chinese cinnamon, or cassia, is sometimes labelled as cinnamon. Make sure you've got the real cinnamon to get the full health benefits of this tea!
- Variations
- Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker and I am not responsible for its veracity.
- This turmeric ginger tea recipe can be enjoyed both hot, on a cold day, or called as an iced tea in the summer
- Turn it into Golden milk: this turmeric ginger and cinnamon tea also tastes great with milk, or almond milk (start by using a 1:1 ratio of the turmeric tea to milk then adjusting to suit your taste, if necessary.) Don't use coconut milk- it tastes like a sweet curry!
- If you enjoy spice, you can add a pinch of black pepper, cayenne pepper, clove or nutmeg to this soothing tea.
Nutrition Information
Calories
34kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.02g
Sodium
38mg
(2%)
Potassium
107mg
(3%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
17IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
29mg
(32%)
Calcium
54mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 34
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 34kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.02g | 0% |
| Sodium | 38mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 107mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 17IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 29mg | 32% |
| Calcium | 54mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.