Not Just For A Sore Throat Tea Recipes

Steps:

• 1. For concentrate: Mix together sugar, lemon juice, cream of tartar and 1 c. hot water.
• 2. To make a cup of tea: Stir 1/3 cup of concentrate into a teacup. Add enough boiling water to fill the cup. Stir and enjoy.
• 3. Store extra concentrate in the fridge. Concentrate will keep for several days.

Steps:

• 1. Winter Sore Throat "Tea". Make sure you have some of this ready...great recipe for sore throats and chest colds makes about 2 cups ◾2 lemons thoroughly cleaned and sliced ◾2 piece of ginger about the size of your pointer and middle finger together sliced into coin size pieces ◾Honey (about 1 cup-maybe more) In a 12-16 oz. jar combine lemon slices and sliced ginger. Pour honey (organic is best) over it slowly. This may take a little time to let the honey sink down and around the lemon and ginger slices. Make sure when the honey has filled in all the voids, there is enough to cover the top of the lemon slices. Close jar and put it in the fridge, it will form into a "jelly". To serve: Spoon jelly into mug and pour boiling water over it. Store in fridge 2-3 months.

Steps:

• Combine ginger, zest, mint and 6 cups water in a saucepan and bring to a boil (covered).
• Reduce heat, simmer (uncovered) until the mixture has reduced to 5 cups (about 30 mins).
• Strain, return liquid to the saucepan (discard the solids).
• Add lemon juice and honey to taste and simmer 2 more minutes.