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Ginger Tea

A hot tea made with Jamaica ginger, boiled water, and sweetener.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Ginger Tea

Ginger Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour boiling water over Jamaica ginger.

  2. Let it simmer for a few minutes.

  3. Pour off the water.

  4. Sweeten to taste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Jamaica ginger
Provides the main flavour and aroma of the tea.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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