Immune-Boosting Tea

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Cook Time: 7 minutes

Servings: 5

Ingredients:

  • 1 lemon

  • 2-inch piece of ginger, cut in thin rounds, skin on

  • 2-inch piece of turmeric root, cut in thin rounds or grated, skin on

  • tiny pinch of cayenne pepper

  • local honey, preferable raw

  • 5 cups of water

  • 1 crack of black pepper

  • 1 teaspoon virgin coconut oil (or avocado oil)

Instructions:

  • Peel the skin from the lemon using a veggie peeler

  • Add the water, lemon peel, ginger, turmeric, cayenne, and black pepper to a pot and bring it to a bare simmer

  • Then turn the heat down to low and cook for 7 minutes. You don’t want the pot to bubble or boil. It’s harmful to the nutrients in the turmeric

  • Take the pot off the heat and squeeze in the juice of a whole lemon and stir in the coconut oil.

  • Strain the tea into a cup and add 1 teaspoon of honey

*Note: The coconut oil is needed to help your body absorb the turmeric and the black pepper activates it

Thank you to flavcity for this recipe

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