Ginger, Red Roses, and Red Dates Tea with Honey
Tea Name:
Ginger, Red Roses, and Red Dates Tea with Honey
Traditional Chinese Name:
玫瑰姜茶 (méiguī jiāng chá)
This tea is sweet to taste and warming in nature and dispel wind and cold.
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This is currently my go-to-tea post cold run or ride or any moments where I feel I’ve taken in too much cold-wind into my lungs. This tea is designed to warm the body (and lungs) and dispel dampness. This is what happens when you have too much yin. I know this is happening because my run begins to dribble, my hands and feet become cold, and my complexion pales! All signs of excess yin!
What’s involved?
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Total time: 10 mins
Serves: 2 cups of tea
Ingredients
- 3-4 slices of fresh ginger
- 6-7 dried rose buds
- 5-6 dried red dates
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 2.5 cups of water
- Optional: 2 slices of dried tangerine peels
Cooking Instructions
- Use sliced ginger to allow the flavours to really come out
- There are 2 ways you can make this: Steeped or boiled
- If boiling, use a safe pot, add all the ingredients except the honey
- Boil on medium high for 2 minutes (or until bubbling) and reduce to a low simmer for another 3 minutes
- Set aside and let it cook for 2-3 minutes
- Add desired amount of honey, although try it first as the roses and dates are already naturally sweet!
- Serve and enjoy!
Benefits
- This tea is warming and helps relieve dampness and wind-cold in the body (excess yin)
- I love how simple and readily accessible these ingredients are
- Ginger is the key ingredient here to drive out wind and cold, while the other ingredients are also additionally warming
- You can make this as a steeped tea or boiled
Learn more about how these types of teas and soups can help improve your overall blood circulation and how you actually know that it’s working?
It’s not a perfect science (still working to perfect it), but I’d say the methodology and thinking is sound 🙂
Would love to hear your thoughts!
