Ginger Rice Tea - Caffeine Free Tea Recipe
Ginger rice tea is made from fried rice and ginger. It is considered a warming food in Chinese medicine, which has the effect of dispelling cold and nourishing yang. You can enjoy this soothing caffeine free tea any time of day.
Equipment
- 1 Wok/frying pan
- 1 Tea Maker
Ingredients
- 480 g uncooked rice (about 2 cups) (I used short grain white rice, you can also use basmati rice, brown rice, or jasmine rice)
- 120 g fresh ginger
Instructions
To Make Ginger Rice Tea
- Wash 2 cups of rice with cold tap water for 3 to 4 times until the water looks clear. Drain the rice with a strainer. Try your best to shake off the remaining water.
- Pour the rice into a large wok/frying pan, turn on medium heat to pan fry the rice for about 10 minutes until the rice grains turn dry.
- Peel and cut 120g fresh ginger into thick matchsticks (about 4 mm thick).
- Add julienned ginger to the wok, use medium low heat to pan fry ginger and rice for about 1 hour until the rice grains turn light brown, and the ginger matchsticks shrink half in size.
- Turn heat to low, pan fry the ginger and rice over low heat for about 30 more minutes until the rice grains turn golden brown and the ginger matchsticks turn into black tea shape and color.
- Turn off the heat, allow the fried ginger and rice to cool to room temperature. Transfer to a airtight food storage container, store in the fridge of up to 6 months.
To Brew Ginger Rice Tea
- Fill a tea maker with 2 cups of cold water.
- Fill the tea infuser (or a tea bag) with 2 tbsps of ginger and rice mixture, place the tea infuser into the kettle.
- Select "Black Tea/Herbal" mode (2 minutes at 205 °F) to brew the tea. (Note: You can brew the ginger rice tea with a small saucepan: add 2 cups of water and the tea bag into a small saucepan, bring the water to a simmer over medium high heat, turn the heat to medium low, simmer for 2 minutes.)
- Pour the ginger rice tea into a cup. Enjoy hot or iced (see note).
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Notes
1. Optionally stir in 1 tsp of honey to slightly sweeten the tea before enjoy. Adding honey to hot tea won't be toxic, ready more in this article.
2. If you want to enjoy iced ginger rice tea, cool down the hot tea to room temperature, then add in ice cubes before enjoy.
3. Do not brew your ginger rice tea for longer than 2 minutes, otherwise you may get a pot of ginger porridge.