MY FAMILY’S CURE-ALL EXILIR TEA
Whenever I had a scratchy throat, stuffy nose, or generally felt ill, my mom would make me a cup of her cure-all elixir tea. It would cure everything from stomach aches to disappointment to boredom.
While ginger tea does make me physically feel better, overtime, it was the ritual of my mom making me tea that brought me the most comfort.
My mom has been making me drink mugs of this calamansi honey ginger tea for as far back as I can remember, but I didn’t bother asking her how to make it until I left home for college. One afternoon when I was feeling super homesick, I called her for the recipe.
Of course she laughed. My mom never has a recipe. She seems to make it up as she goes.
MY FAMILY’S CURE-ALL EXILIR TEA Whenever I had a scratchy throat, stuffy nose, or generally felt ill, my mom would make me a cup of her cure-all elixir tea. It would cure everything from stomach aches to disappointment to boredom.
While ginger tea does make me physically feel better, overtime, it was the ritual of my mom making me tea that brought me the most comfort.
My mom has been making me drink mugs of this calamansi honey ginger tea for as far back as I can remember, but I didn’t bother asking her how to make it until I left home for college. One afternoon when I was feeling super homesick, I called her for the recipe.
Of course she laughed. My mom never has a recipe. She seems to make it up as she goes.