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
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.
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
