Lemon Spice Wellness Tea

This is a classic throw-in-what-you've-got tea that will kick a cold where it hurts: in the throat. nIt is made with whole ingredients and no sugar - a sure sign you're on your way to wellness.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Calories: 55 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 lemons
• 1 whole star anise pod
• 6 cups water, or as desired
• 1 (4 inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 6 cardamom pods, bruised
• 3 tablespoons unpasteurized honey, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add ginger, star anise, cardamom pods, and cinnamon stick. Zest lemons over the saucepan. Slice lemons in half and squeeze juice into the water. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until desired flavor is reached, 5 to 15 minutes.

Step 2

Stir honey into tea and strain tea through a fine-mesh strainer as you ladle into mugs. Add contents in strainer back into saucepan.