Make a winter warming clementine ginger tea (gifted)!
Tea Name: Warming Clementine Ginger Tea (Gifted)
Traditional Chinese Name: 香櫞茶 (xiāng yuán chá) – direct translation here is “citron tea”. This is a very generic name for teas that have any types of citron products such as mandarin, clementines, oranges, yuzu, pomelo, or lemons. This type of tea
Nature: Warming (due to the amount of ginger) as clementines tend to be cooler. I would also suggest to add dried red dates or dried longans to soak inside, which is a beautiful and nice addition to warming.
Targets: Lungs, spleen
Taste: Sweet
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This warming tea is primarily supported by the warmth and power of the ginger! Ginger is a power herb. It helps keep the body warm and supports the yang (so if you’re low in yang it is often paired with deficiency in Qi). Ginger is the best ingredient for warming your lungs and dispelling phlegm and wind. Add more if you’d like it a little spicier! This is definitely the best warming ingredient – ever! I could also suggest to add other warming ingredients for it to soak in like red dates, dried longans, cinnamon sticks, or dried licorice root.
What’s involved?
For 1 x 600 mL mason jar
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 1 mins (with boiling water)
Total time: 15 mins
Serves: 5 cups
Ingredients
- 4 fresh clementines
- 3 tablespoons of honey
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 100g of fresh ginger (or your as much as you like, add more for stronger warming power)
- 1 600 mL mason jar (or equal size)
Prep Instructions
- Wash and peel your fresh ginger (you can use the edge of a small spoon). You can follow this introduction to ginger video on how to buy and prep ginger!
- Slice the ginger into thin strips (or diced if you’d like to eat them as well). I prefer it large so that I don’t have to eat them, but still get the benefits of having them in the tea.
- Wash the clementines under running water as we’ll be keeping some of the skin. I will then slice off the tops and bottoms and keep only the middle part (including the skin). Slice the clementines any way you’d like. I like them round because they look prettier :)
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the sliced ginger, sliced clementines, 3 tablespoons of honey and 1 teaspoon of kosher salt. Mix that nice and well and you could also smash up some of the clementine to release the juices.
- I will also squeeze out remaining juice from the cut off tops and bottoms into the mixing bowl.
- In your mason jar, stack your mixture and pour in all the juice.
- You can also top with boiling water so that everything is completely covered.
- Set in the fridge and serve and enjoy!
- To serve, take out from the fridge, open your mason jar, and scoop out 3 slices of clementines and some ginger into a ceramic mug. Add in boiling water to the top, mix and enjoy!
What you’ll need:
I use this type of 1.5 quart mixing bowl for all my teas, soups, salads, everything! Dishwasher friendly, it’s a good size, and easy to use!
These 16oz mason jars are perfect for gift giving or keeping your own. I will use these for teas and preserving my Chinese herbal mixtures! Easy to use, dishwasher safe and very affordable!
I love using coarse kosher salt in cooking. They do eventually dissolve in teas!
I use this stove top safe tea pot to make most of my Chinese teas. You can use the strainer as you wish, dish washer friendly, and super easy to use!
Optionally add in dried red pitted dates (or dried longans) too boost warmth and healing properties in the tea! I will also add this outside of the tea mixture as well.
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