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Simply..Deutsche Post and ginger tea....

3/1/2017

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This was my favourite photograph from Berlin (mostly they were terrible, of which more later).

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Since I came home I have been drinking ginger tea the way it was served to me in a little florist/cafe in Schoeneberg. The kind of place where you could go with your notebook and pen and sit for  an hour. An array of candles, amaryllis and Christmas foliage, inside and out on the pavement, a few tables, a good choice of coffees and teas. I expected a sachet of ginger tea, but was served a beautiful bowl - no handle - good to warm your hands on on a freezing day - with strips of fresh ginger in the bottom,  and in another small dish on the side a generous amount of beautiful creamy honey.

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The work of moments.

I won't be going back to sachets.
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Julia
3/1/2017 04:03:45 pm

I am smiling, Freda....for many years, i attended a weekly meditation group. Our hostess brewed ginger tea with honey for our after-meditation tea and treats....she sliced fresh ginger and simmered it with honey...what a great reminder...

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Freda
4/1/2017 01:45:29 pm

A lovely way to end your sessions Julia. I am finding it a lovely way to start my day.

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Mary
3/1/2017 06:45:51 pm

Wonderful how a brief interlude in an unfamiliar place provides a swift reminder to appreciate the original.

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Freda
4/1/2017 01:46:12 pm

And the real..

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Grace
3/1/2017 10:02:12 pm

Fresh ginger added to the shopping list!

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Freda
4/1/2017 01:46:57 pm

Yay!

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Liz Wood
3/1/2017 11:25:24 pm

I had the most delicious ginger, lemon and honey infusions in London last week at Pain Quotidien and in Triyoga cafe. Can't find a recipe anywhere... it's very clear and lemon coloured and I could give up coffee for it...

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Grace
4/1/2017 05:53:46 am

Hello Liz,
I came across this one. Must give it a try!

http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-flu-season-ginger-honey-lemon-tonic-drink-recipes-from-the-kitchn-38574

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Freda
4/1/2017 01:49:04 pm

Me too! Thanks.

Liz Wood
4/1/2017 01:50:28 pm

Many thanks. That looks identical. I'll give it a go.

Freda
4/1/2017 01:48:30 pm

Now you mention it Liz, I've been drinking less coffee since starting drinking this.

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cathy
4/1/2017 06:58:03 am

OK...as an American, or maybe just because I'm new to tea drinking, I don't have a clue how you would make this. I've moved on from sachets to loose tea, but Lotta will affirm my tea-making abilities leave a lot to be desired.

The bike caught my interest. Where is the rider going? Where has she been? What memories has she made? Yes, I'm jumping to the conclusion she is traveling & not making deliveries.

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Freda
4/1/2017 01:52:26 pm

I cut some strips of ginger with a potato peeler - about a teaspoonful and add boiling water and half a teaspoon of honey and wait till it is cool enough to drink. The biker IS making deliveries - it is the postman :-)

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cathy
5/1/2017 10:24:47 am

Drat! I like to think of someone off on a grand adventure. Hmmm...maybe the adventure is somewhere in the mail being delivered. Someone should get an adventure out of all this. lol!

cath
4/1/2017 08:56:23 am

Fresh ginger in the fridge. I wonder how the tea will taste without the honey. I also found a recipe that combines rooibos and ginger.

Not related but I wanted to share it anyway: my word for the year is: healing.

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Freda
4/1/2017 01:54:13 pm

Might be a wee bit bitter? But you could make it weaker. Healing is a truly wonderful word.

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Lucille link
5/1/2017 09:04:27 am

I had a similar revelation in Amsterdam with fresh ginger tea.
At present I am enjoying Earl Grey Rooibos tea with a slice of bergamot lemon. It came in the veg box!

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Freda
5/1/2017 03:28:51 pm

Sounds worth trying..and a good veg box!

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Sarah West link
5/1/2017 01:26:56 pm

It was lovely to see the German post bicycle it immediately took me back to my childhood. The ginger tea sounds delicious. I bought some fresh ginger recently so I will be trying this. Sarah x

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Freda
5/1/2017 03:30:12 pm

It used to be called Bundespost I believe. Enjoy the tea Sarah, and the memories.

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