Fresh Ginger - Black Tea 100 g - Café du Jour loose tea

Fresh Ginger black tea

A black tea blended with pieces of ginger, and that is the entire ingredient list. The tea carries the body and the ginger sits behind it, warm and lightly spicy.

One thing to set expectations by: the ginger here is subtle rather than fiery. If you want a ginger tea that catches at the throat, this is not that tea — read it as a black tea with a ginger warmth running through it.

Hot and iced

Use about 2 g of tea per cup, a heaped teaspoon, in a strainer, an infuser or a teapot — something roomy enough to hold back the ginger pieces as well as the leaf. Pour water at a full boil, 100°C, over it and steep for three to five minutes. At that dosage a 100 g pack gives around 40 to 50 cups.

For a cold version, double the tea, brew it the same way, let it cool and pour it over a glass of ice. A slice of lemon lifts the ginger; a little honey softens it.

Specifications

• Loose-leaf ginger black tea, 100 g per pack
• Ingredients: black tea, ginger
• Character: full black tea base with a mild, warming ginger note
• Dosage: 1 heaped teaspoon (about 2 g) per cup, water at 100°C, 3 to 5 minutes
• Yield: around 40 to 50 cups per pack
• Blended and packed by Café du Jour in the Maasland countryside