A few days ago, Michael was coughing a lot and he said he had a sore throat and mucus. I am not a doctor, but he thinks I can fix him. 
He basically doesn’t trust modern medicine and loves oriental treats so much. So I made this ginger tea for him. It has a warm character, helps blood circulation and keeps your hands and feet warm. It also helps stop coughing and clears mucus. Though oriental doctors recommend not to drink it, if you have a fever.
Ingredients
- Fresh ginger – 80 g
- Fresh cinnamon pieces- 20 g
- Water – 8 cups
- Optional (just before you serve the tea) – 4 to 5 pine nuts, 1 tsp of honey
Preparation
- Clean the ginger well (peel the skin off as well). – I scrubbed it with rough cloth first then used a spoon to scrub off the skin
- Rinse the cinnamon in cold water. (You don’t need to cut them into small pieces, mine was already in small pieces.)
- Thin slice the ginger.
Cooking
- Put the ginger, cinnamon, and water into a pot.
- Boil it on medium (or low) heat for about 25-30 minutes.
- Sieve the ginger and cinnamon. (Use a white straining cloth if you can, to catch the small dirt from the cinnamon)
- Serve it in a tea cup. (You can also add some pine nuts and honey)
It gave me more than 1.5 L of tea (about 7-8 cups of tea). This is how I keep the rest.
Michael just reheats a little amount of tea whenever he drinks it – 2 times a day. Here is a comment from the consumer :
“This is my favourite drink. It helps sooth my throat, and is very relaxing.”
This is a picture of the cinnamon (Korean name :Gyepi) I got last year from Homeplus. (about 5,800 won – US $6.10)
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