Korean Ginger Jujube Tea (1 Jar)
the best tea yet
What: Classic Korean ginger jujube tea. Full of antioxidants and Vitamin C. Learned by my Mother, this tea contains bits and pieces of sliced ginger and jujube throughout and uses no added refined sugar (just honey!)
Koreans commonly drink jujube and ginger tea because it’s full of antioxidants and nutrients. This is different from typical loose-leaf tea. Traditional Korean tea used fruit liquids to brew tea. Before the invention of refrigerators, Koreans would preserve foods in air tight containers as this was the only way to keep foods throughout the winter seasons.
Honey fruit teas have been consumed by Koreans for centuries. It’s a natural home remedy for common illnesses as it’s full of antioxidants and vitamin C.
Taste: Homey. Sweet. Clears the mind. With a little kick of spiciness from ginger. Take a sip, and you will go “ahhhh”.
How It’s Made: Skin ginger. Pit jujube. Slice both into small strips. Add honey. Then jar it up!
How to Serve: Boil hot water (or cinnamon water—my preference). Add 1-2 spoonfuls of the ginger jujube tea mix. Pour in hot water. Mix. And enjoy.
Notes & Tips:
Use ginger from Peru. It’s much more potent and stronger. We bought ours from Costco.
You can buy dried jujube at any Korean market. Price will be around $8-9 per pound.
Use decent quality honey. We use local raw honey.
Korean Ginger Jujube Tea (1 Jar)
Ingredients
- 1 medium bowl ginger (preferably from Peru) (1.75lb)
- 1 medium bowl dried jujube (~0.5lb, just a little less than the sliced ginger)
- 2-3 cups raw honey
- Other: 1 large jar
Instructions
- Submerge ginger & jujube in water (separate bowls) for 2 hours. Then discard skin off ginger carefully. Chop ginger into thin slices (or finely dice for stronger taste). We used a spoon to discard skin.
- Pit dried jujubes (take out seeds). Discard seeds. Using scissors, snip each jujube into thin strips. Lightly pat dry if wet.
- Combine sliced ginger and jujube in a medium bowl. Then add in a generous amount of honey (2 to 3 cups) and mix so that the ginger and jujube are well coated. There should be enough honey so that there are pools of honey on the side of mixing bowl.
- Add to an air-tight jar and let it sit at room temperature for 1 day. Then refrigerate! Tea mix will taste best the longer it sits. The honey will not harden. This tea mix will last about a month in the fridge.
- Option 1 (water base): Boil 2 cups of water. Add 1-2 heaping Tbsp of ginger jujube tea mix to cup. Add in 1-2 cups of boiling water, adjust to taste. The ginger will fall to the bottom of the cup and the jujube will float at the top. Chew on jujube as you sip on tea!
- Option 2: (cinnamon water base, my preference): Boil 2 cups of water with a cinnamon stick (I suggest buying Ceylon Cinnamon— this is the healthiest cinnamon). Then turn off heat. Le the cinnamons stick brew for 10 minutes. Add 1-2 heaping Tbsp of ginger jujube tea mix to cup. Add in 1-2 cups of cinnamon water, adjust to taste. The ginger will fall to the bottom of the cup and the jujube will float at the top. Chew on jujube as you sip on tea!
- Garnish with 3-5 pine nuts.
instructions with visuals
Submerge ginger and jujube in water (separate bowls) for 2 hours. Then discard skin off ginger carefully (we use a thin, sharp spoon). Chop ginger into thin slices.
Other methods: You can also finely dice the ginger for a stronger taste or run it through a food processor disc blade.
Pit dried jujubes (take out seeds). Discard seeds. Using scissors, snip each jujube into thin strips. Lightly pat dry if it is still wet.
Combine sliced ginger and jujube in a medium bowl. Then add in a generous amount (2 to 3 cups) of honey and mix so that the ginger and jujube are well coated. There should be enough honey so that there are pools of honey on the side of mixing bowl.
Add to an air-tight jar. Let it sit at room temperature for a day and then refrigerate! Tea mix will taste best after after a few days!
The honey will not harden in the fridge. This tea mix will last about a month in the fridge.
To Serve:
If you prefer tea without loose ginger and jujube, use a tea strainer.
Option 1 (water base):
Boil 2 cups of water
Add 1-2 heaping Tbsp of ginger jujube tea mix to cup
Add in 1-2 cups of boiling water, adjust to taste
The ginger will fall to the bottom of the cup and the jujube will float at the top. Chew on jujube as you sip on tea!
Option 2: (cinnamon water base, my preference):
Boil 2 cups of water with a cinnamon stick (I suggest buying Ceylon Cinnamon— this is the healthiest cinnamon).
Then turn off heat. Let the cinnamons stick brew for 10 minutes.
Add 1-2 heaping Tbsp of ginger jujube tea mix to cup. Add in 1-2 cups of cinnamon water, adjust to taste.
The ginger will fall to the bottom of the cup and the jujube will float at the top. Chew on jujube as you sip on tea!
Garnish with 2-3 pine nuts.
