Biscuit of the Day - Soothing Teas
Today's Biscuit of the Day are teas that make you feel better when you are sick. I've been pretty run-down the past day or two, so I've been trying to avoid the caffeine and tannin in my english breakfast teas in favor of something lighter on the tummy.
My personal favorite is homemade Easy Ginger Root Tea. This tea is a good aperitif well as a soother for unhappy tummies after a big meal.
Recipe for Easy Ginger Root Tea:
Ingredients:
A big hunk of ginger (roughly about 1-2 tsps)
A well cleaned small coffee maker (or pot to boil water in and a tea filter)
8 oz of water
Splenda or preferred sweetener
Instructions for Coffeemaker preparation:
Take the chunk of ginger and chop it up as finely as patience will allow. Fill a coffee filter with the ginger, making sure to spread it out so the water will have optimum contact with the ginger. Run coffeemaker. Once coffeemaker is done, you should have a pale, fragrant tisane (herbal tea) to which you can add a teaspoon or two of sweetner to taste.
Instructions for Traditional method:
Chop the ginger as finely as possible. Put the ginger in your tea ball or filter and put in cup. Pour the boiling water into the cup. Wait several minutes (probably about 3-4 minutes depending on how strong you like your brew). Remove tea ball/filter and sweeten with Splenda or other sweetener to taste.
And that's it! The tea, when sweetened, has a spicy fragrance and a yummy candy taste to it which is much more pleasing to the palate than trying to choke down TUMS or pepto.
Drink in Good Health,
Aeryth
My personal favorite is homemade Easy Ginger Root Tea. This tea is a good aperitif well as a soother for unhappy tummies after a big meal.
Recipe for Easy Ginger Root Tea:
Ingredients:
A big hunk of ginger (roughly about 1-2 tsps)
A well cleaned small coffee maker (or pot to boil water in and a tea filter)
8 oz of water
Splenda or preferred sweetener
Instructions for Coffeemaker preparation:
Take the chunk of ginger and chop it up as finely as patience will allow. Fill a coffee filter with the ginger, making sure to spread it out so the water will have optimum contact with the ginger. Run coffeemaker. Once coffeemaker is done, you should have a pale, fragrant tisane (herbal tea) to which you can add a teaspoon or two of sweetner to taste.
Instructions for Traditional method:
Chop the ginger as finely as possible. Put the ginger in your tea ball or filter and put in cup. Pour the boiling water into the cup. Wait several minutes (probably about 3-4 minutes depending on how strong you like your brew). Remove tea ball/filter and sweeten with Splenda or other sweetener to taste.
And that's it! The tea, when sweetened, has a spicy fragrance and a yummy candy taste to it which is much more pleasing to the palate than trying to choke down TUMS or pepto.
Drink in Good Health,
Aeryth
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