Green tea with ginger, lemon, and honey

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make tea with lemon and honey? Put the kettle on and gather the ingredients—there aren't many.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the ginger and cut it into thin slices. By the way, if you don't care for ginger for some reason, or if you're making the tea for kids, you can leave it out.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put the green tea, ginger, and cinnamon into a teapot. The cinnamon, like the ginger, is optional, but the tea will be much tastier and better for you with them. Someone taught me long ago to warm the teapot with boiling water first. To my mind, it helps draw out the flavor and aroma of the tea leaves. So I'd suggest pouring a little boiling water into the empty teapot, swirling it to warm the walls, pouring it out, and only then adding the ingredients.

4. Step 4:

   

   Fill the teapot with boiling water, almost to the top.

5. Step 5:

   

   If you like, you can add a sprig of fresh or dried mint—it will lend the tea its own aroma and benefits too.

6. Step 6:

   

   Next, cover the teapot with a towel and let it steep for 10 minutes; during that time the tea will release its aroma.

7. Step 7:

   

   Our tea is almost ready!

8. Step 8:

   

   All that's left is to add a slice of lemon—just don't drop it straight into boiling-hot tea; let the tea cool a little first, or the vitamin C will simply break down.

9. Step 9:

   

   Now it's the honey's turn. The catch is that you need to add it when the tea is no hotter than 105°F (40°C), or the honey will only sweeten the tea without passing on its benefits! This tea is just right for kids; but if you like your tea hot, it's better to eat the honey on the side.

10. Step 10:

    

    Enjoy your tea, and stay healthy!