Lemon Ginger Tea Recipe (with Honey)

Whether you want a soothing tea or a warm wellness drink, this lemon ginger tea recipe is certainly a must-try especially during the colder, winter months. It’s such a simple recipe to make and has some great benefits.

I get into these benefits after going through how to make the ginger lemon honey tea below.

You can also check more ginger recipes on the blog like homemade ginger shots and wonderful ginger drinks.

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Ingredients for lemon ginger tea

For this recipe, I used:

Equipment

I used a strainer when squeezing the lemon and straining the tea.

How to make lemon ginger tea

Prep

Prepping the ingredients is pretty simple. For all my ginger recipes, I usually wash and peel the fresh ginger root to remove the skin. It’s just something I prefer to do to make sure there isn’t any dust or dirt in my ginger tea recipes.

Once peeled, I sliced and finely chopped the ginger root. You can use a zester and grate the ginger here too. As for the lemon, I washed it, cut it in half and squeezed, removing any seeds with a strainer.

That’s pretty much all the prep that’s needed for this recipe.

Brew the ginger

With a small saucepan on low to medium heat, I added water and the chopped ginger. You can use boiling water to start here but it isn’t necessary. Clean, filtered water at room temperature is fine.

Leave the ginger to brew for about 10 to 15 minutes. The water should be at a rolling boil, light yellow and have a beautiful earthy, ginger smell. At 10 minutes, the tea is pretty mild and by the 15-minute mark, the tea is stronger and has a pleasant spiciness.

Remove from the heat and set aside for about 10 to 15 minutes for the hot ginger tea to cool down.

Add lemon

Once cooled, pour the lemon juice into the ginger tea. I used half a lemon that gave me about 1 tablespoon of juice but you can adjust the acid to your liking. Using a full lemon (2 tbsps of lemon juice) still makes a pleasant lemon ginger tea, though it’s a bit more acidic.

While sweeteners are not necessary, I’m using some honey here. It reduces the sharpness of the ginger and creates a beautiful, mellow, mildly spicy tea. Stir well to incorporate.

Serve the tea as is or add a thin slice of lemon for a little extra coziness and aesthetics.

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Lemon ginger tea benefits

Ginger benefits

Ginger contains so many beneficial compounds like gingerol and shogaol. These have been linked to great antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory benefits. It’s also known to have cancer fighting, nausea reducing, nerve protecting and digestive protecting properties.

It helps with memory

A 2011 study found ginger extract given to middle aged women every day for 2 months showed improvement in their cognitive function and memory. This improvement was attributed to the antioxidant and neuroprotective benefits of ginger.

It may reduce blood clot formation

This 2015 lab study linked several natural remedies to a reduction in platelet aggregation and improved blood thinning. Platelet aggregation can cause blood clots so a reduction is always a good thing. The natural remedies in the study included garlic, ginger, turmeric, feverfew, St. John’s wort, willow bark and ginseng.

Fair warning though, these blood thinning remedies can interact with aspirin, warfarin and similar drugs. So, talk with your doctor if you are concerned about having too much ginger.

It’s good for insulin sensitivity and weight loss

So, this 2017 study had overweight women take supplements containing green tea, capsaicin (the compound in pepper) and ginger extracts 4 times daily for 8 weeks. That’s a lot! But, the women experienced weight loss, lower BMI, lower insulin levels, and better insulin sensitivity.

This 2020 study also found when patients with type 2 diabetes were given ginger every day for 90 days, they saw drops in their fasting blood sugar, HbA1C and lipid levels.

Lemon benefits

Pure lemon juice is a great source of Vitamin C.

It reduces blood sugar spikes

A 2020 study tested how eating bread alongside water or black tea or lemon juice affected blood glucose levels. Of all the drinks tested, lemon juice was responsible for a lower blood glucose peak (30% lower than the others!) and the peak didn’t happen as quick as the others.

These lemon ginger tea benefits are pretty special and certainly worth making this recipe.

Ginger lemon tea recipe