Try this easy, dehydrated, lemon ginger turmeric tea for a warming pick-me-up on cold days. It’s a personal favorite for enjoying after a brisk autumn walk, or after a long day on my feet. It only needs the three ingredients, and can be prepared with just a few minutes prep time, and your dehydrator.
This tea can be made in a few ways. You can use some grated fresh ginger and turmeric, with slices of fresh lemon if you want a fresh tea. Or, you can make this as a dehydrated, chunky tea blend, or you can make it dehydrated and powder it to make a smoothie style hot drink that’s a bit less like a tea.
No matter how you like it, this lemon ginger turmeric tea, makes a great drink and is an awesome way to get some of the anti-inflammatory benefits of turmeric. Turmeric is also a natural dye, and you can even get some of it’s benefits through your skin.
Note: Use organic lemons for this recipe, as the skin is left on. Make sure to wash the lemons in a vinegar based fruit wash, before dehydrating them. If using conventional lemons, wash the lemons with dish soap, and rinse with just boiled water to remove any wax residuals on the lemon skin.
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Easy Lemon Ginger Turmeric Tea for Comfort
Description
Try this easy ginger, lemon, and turmeric tea. It’s a very warming, and soothing tea that can even help ease sore muscles and reduce inflammation.
Ingredients
- 2 lemons, organic, ¼ inch slices (leave peel on)
- 4 inch piece of ginger (peeled)
- 4 inch piece of turmeric (peeled)
Instructions
- Wash ginger root, turmeric root, and lemons.
- Slice lemons into 1/4 inch slices, discard ends, and place lemon rounds on a dehydrator tray.
- Peel and slice the ginger and turmeric to the same thickness. Place on dehydrator trays.
- Dehydrate overnight at 120F, until lemon slices snap crisply, and ginger and turmeric slices snap crisply. Ginger and turmeric may dehydrate faster than the lemon slices.
- Crumble the slices of ginger, turmeric, and lemon into smaller pieces. Aim for a piece size that would seem comfortable to be in a tea bag.
- Mix the dried ingredients together in a bowl.
- Use press and seal teabags, and add 1 tablespoon per tea bag. If you prefer to use a tea-ball or tea-strainer, just store the prepared lemon ginger turmeric tea in a sealed glass jar.
Notes
Rinse lemons with just boiled water to remove wax residues from the skin, particularly if you can’t get organic lemons.
Lemon Ginger Turmeric Tea:
Ingredients:
- 2 lemons, organic, ¼ inch slices (leave peel on)
- 4 inch piece of ginger (peeled)
- 4 inch piece of turmeric (peeled)
Directions:
Wash ginger root, turmeric root, and lemons.
Slice lemons into 1/4 inch slices, discard ends, and place lemon rounds on a dehydrator tray.
Peel and slice the ginger and turmeric to the same thickness. Place on dehydrator trays.
Dehydrate overnight at 120F, until lemon slices snap crisply, and ginger and turmeric slices snap crisply. Ginger and turmeric may dehydrate faster than the lemon slices.
Crumble the slices of ginger, turmeric, and lemon into smaller pieces. Aim for a piece size that would seem comfortable to be in a tea bag.
Mix the dried ingredients together in a bowl.
Use press and seal teabags, and add 1 tablespoon per tea bag. If you prefer to use a tea-ball or tea-strainer, just store the prepared lemon ginger turmeric tea in a sealed glass jar.
Place tea bag or tea ball in a mug or travel mug. Add just boiled water, and cover the mug or travel mug to keep in heat. Let steep for 4-8 minutes. Remove tea bag, or tea ball.
Sweeten with honey to taste.
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I am in process of dehydrating the fruits now but am wondering if you have any idea as to amounts needed –eg. how many grams each of turmeric and ginger is needed to balance out the 2 lemons? Also weight of lemons as there are different sized lemons on the market shelves?
Thank you very much for these recipes.
yvonne