This looks like the perfect comfort on a cold winter's morning, but especially if one were coming down with a cold or the flu. Thank you so much, Nami-san!
I make a similar tea when I’m feeling rough. But I just pour boiling water into a cup, add a lemon that has been cut into eighth chunks and let seep for a couple of minutes. Then squeeze out the juice of each chunk into the cup and discard. Finally add three or four teaspoons of honey and half a dozen thin slices of ginger, stir and it’s ready.
@fatabelly Your comment is rude. This is not about what you do. You're trying to imply your method is better. Her method is better. Raw chunks of ginger floating around? Imprecise measurements? No thickener? NO.. just no. Her method is so much better. But you do you, of course, but maybe don't come on here being rude to someone who went to the trouble of making an instructional video - for free to all of us, at that!
Konnichiwa Nami! I am so glad to see this video. Such a perfect timing for me. My throat has not been feeling normal so I made this and it is so yummy and soothing to my achy throat. I appreciate you sharing this recipe 🙏 Thank you so much.
Ginger-honey-lemon tea has been my powerful secret weapon against colds for years, but I never made it with the slurry before and I don't think I'd like the thicker texture. What does the slurry do besides thicken the tea? Is it a necessary ingredient for other ingredients to work?
I explained in the blog post, but it's to consume grated gingers (since they are suspended in the tea and won't be at the bottom of the cup). If you have a throat ache, it is soothing for the tea to slowly go through the throat. Thickened ginger tea is pretty common in Japan.
My store stopped selling fresh ginger because no one ever bought it. 😭 Which is weird because the lady who owns the Thai restaurant in town comes and cleans us out of chicken three times a week when her truck is late.
@@justonecookbook they haven't had ginger in my store for the last year. My mom used it all the time to make her detox water but now she can't get it anymore. I'm upset that they stopped selling it but they still sell tofu (I live in rural Texas), I get tired of using powdered ginger from the spice section. My other store sells pickled ginger now, but not fresh. It's so weird not seeing fresh ginger.
Thanks. It was new to me to add the corn starch to the tea. I wonder the reason? May give it a try. Is with or without both OK? A Japanese version? Make it trickier?
I explained in the blog post, but it's to consume grated gingers (since they are suspended in the tea and won't be at the bottom of the cup). If you have a throat ache, it is soothing for the tea to slowly go through the throat. Thickened ginger tea is pretty common in Japan.
Thank you! It seems like a common sense, but when the root is getting shorter to grate, most people change the directions to sideways...then so many fibers come out!
I remember buying satchets of しょうが湯 at Yaoko Supa years back when I was doing my Masters in Japan, it had a thick texture and it really helped to sooth my sore throat. I will be trying this recipe for my family. Thanks for the recipe😊
Your videos are so pleasing. Would you ever consider doing an ASMR video of a recipe? Like it is uploaded with your voiceover in one video and the other are the sounds of you cooking? You have nice cookaware and the sounds especially of the wooden utensips and stirring is always pleasing to my ears.
Thank you! We don't really move the microphone close up to the utensils etc when we are filming, so we never thought of sharing an ASMR version. We probably have to focus more on making specific noises for the pleasure (like stirring unnecessary longer etc). My focus is still focusing on cooking tutorial and how to make it easier for people. So it might be difficult. I'm glad you enjoy the quality of the video though! Thank you!!!
