Ginger, lemon, cayenne tea
Years ago on the west edge of Capitol Hill in Seattle there was a place called “The Green Cat Café,” now out of business, which had ginger shots on their beverage list. The shots were a ginger lemon mix with some cayenne thrown in. They were served as shots, cups of hot tea, or as iced tea. I've always wanted to reproduce it. I always drank it as hot tea. I've always wanted to reproduce it. Since I'm in Arizona, I think I'll try to reproduce a cold version of it first, as a variation on Rachel Matesz's ginger elixir recipe. Tonight's ingredients:
- 8 cups water
- 7 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tsp finely chopped ginger
- 2 chiltepines, ground in a mortar
I liked the result. The lemon overpowered the ginger, so next time around I'll try about half of the lemon juice.