Coconut Ginger Tea With Lime, Honey and Turmeric
- 1/4 cup finely grated unsweetened coconut
- 2 to 3 teaspoons minced ginger
- 2 1/2 cups boiling water
- Up to 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, to taste
- For each serving: 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons honey or honey-turmeric paste (see below)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Place the coconut and ginger in a large pyrex measuring cup or teapot and pour on the boiling water.
- Cover and allow to steep for 30 minutes or longer.
- Strain into another measuring cup, a bowl or a teapot and press the coconut against the strainer to extract all the flavorful liquid.
- Reheat the infusion and pour into cups.
- Stir 1/2 to 1 teaspoon lime juice and 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons honey or honey-turmeric paste into each cup.
coconut, ginger, boiling water, lime juice, honey, turmeric, honey
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015878 (may not work)