Cycle
Ginger Month
A warming pot for crampy days.
Ginger is the simplest cycle kettle: heat, a little lemon, honey if you want it. Traditional kitchens use it for crampy, cold days when you want a bottle at your side.
- Steep
- 10 min
- Water
- 100°C / 212°F
- Caffeine
- None
Taste · Spicy, lemon, honey
Ingredients
1 cup
- Fresh ginger · sliced4 cm
- Lemon wheel1
- Raw honey · optional1 tsp
Method
- 1
Simmer 8–10 minutes. Add lemon off the heat.
- 2
Sip through the afternoon.
Why this cup
- A hot water bottle you can drink
- Traditionally used for month cramps and queasiness
- Easy to reheat
Go gently
- Culinary amounts. Large ginger doses are not for everyone in pregnancy.
- Honey is not for infants.
- Not a treatment for unusual or severe pain.
Steep timer
10:00
