Honey Ginger Asian Pear Tea

03 Oct 2011 1 Comment

by hanbangsik in Featured Foods, Teas

The sweet and aromatic blend of pears, honey, and jujube dates infused with a touch of ginger is the perfect tea for the coming of fall.  For those who feel under the weather or are suffering from a slight cold, chills or cough, this tea helps soothe the throat, warms the interior, and quiet down the cough. It is also an ideal drink to help you go to sleep for those nights of restless sleep.

Ingredients: 1 medium size Asian pear, 1 to 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 slice of ginger, 4-5 jujube dates.

Ingredients for Honey Ginger Asian Pear Tea

  • 1. Wash the pear and dates and pat dry. Place them in a pot along with the honey. Pour 1.5 to 2 cups of water. Put the ginger in the last 10 minutes.

Ingredients of tea in pot (before cooking)

  • 2. Boil for 45-50 minutes under medium heat.

Honey Ginger Asian Pear Tea (after cooking)

  • 3.  Pour the liquid portion into a cup and add more honey if desired. Garnish with slices of the jujube dates along with a few pine nuts. Drink warm several times throughout the day.

Honey Ginger Asian Pear Tea (in teacup)

Asian Pear

When made into a tea, Asian pear helps to pacify the common cold and cough. The leftover pears can also be eaten when pureed into a sauce.
The pureed pear sauce aids to remedy mild swelling and mild constipation.

Ginger

Helping to relieve the common cold, cough, and indigestion, ginger has the ability to promote circulation and relieve toxins.  It can also help warm the body and relieve mild stomach pain.

Ginger alone can be boiled into tea and sweetened with honey. This is especially good for relieving indigestion.

Jujube (Chinese date)

Jujube helps to relieve irritability, crankiness, indigestion, and the common cold.  For those who have difficulty sleeping, drink a tea made with jujube alone and sweetened with honey.  Jujube dates are added to many herb tonics to help reduce the harshness of the other herbs or foods.

Honey

Helping to relieve cough or mild constipation, honey is also used in many herb tonics and teas to harmonize the functions of all the other herbs and foods. It can be used topically as well to relieve mild burns.