Comments on: Soothing and Breathing

By: hilen wu

hilen wu — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:30:23 +0000

I like this word “based on what kind of physiological change I want to effect, not based on what I want to taste. “, we drink tea not only for interest but also for healthy

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:34:04 +0000

Although I generally dislike the flavor of any kind of honey, I’m rather fond of hot toddies on occasion: lemon, honey and brandy. They can help with colds.

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:34 +0000

Thank you for reading!

By: stefan

stefan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:07:29 +0000

hmm yeah the hot water kills all the good stuff in the honey (shouldn’t be heated over 60 degree Celsius as far as i know) and probably also in the lemon juice (at least vitamin c will be gone fairly fast)

By: j

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:35:07 +0000

yes the honey and lemon drink is not just ‘old wives tale’ kind of thing, for the chinese TCM and indian ayurvedic medicine systems, both lemon juice and honey heat the body and clear up cold mucousy cold/flu systems. The honey lemon drink is especially powerful with boiled ginger too! (or even fresh ginger juice if you can stand it, very spicy). Both the chinese and indian systems also advise not to add honey to super hot tea, it makes it quite toxic, and instead to let it cool down a bit before adding it.

thanks for your blog cinnabar, its my favourite tea blog and one of the only blogs i regularly click on in my bookmarks toolbar

By: hoelk

hoelk — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:33:36 +0000

I just started reading this blog and i don’t really know about your taste so you might probably be disgusted by it since its quite a “heavy hammer” taste-wise:

What i drink when i have a cold is the following:
500-600 ml of some herbal tea (works well with just chamomile, but also mint-based stuff) + the juice of one whole lemon + LOTS of honey (preferably forest honey, but its up to taste i guess) (5-6 teaspoons).

Another wicked anti-cold medicine (for the slimy-cough type) recipe i heard of (and also tried successfully) is boiling ginger in coke for a while (as long as you can stand i guess?) and drinking the resulting beverage. I tried it out once and it really helps a lot… just tastes rather awful even to me…

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:48:28 +0000

Oh dear. I would imagine that the tea options inside of a hospital would be quite dismal. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to you also!

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:47:16 +0000

I don’t think they’re obvious at all – thanks. I have a copy of that book, but I haven’t paid attention to the health recipes section. I’ll give it a look later today.

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:44:21 +0000

I had been thinking at one point that ginger would make a very nice therapeutic infusion, but I didn’t remember to pick up some at the store so I could make some. I am quite a fan of clove in general, for effect and taste, and I found that I enjoyed drinking black (red) tea even though it didn’t taste right to me.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:28:09 +0000

I hope you feel better soon! I have been in a similar situation…sick in the hospital for nearly three weeks. My quality tea consumption has definitely been lacking, so I can definitely relate. Also, I agree with J that ginger tea is great tasting and very good for the health.

Here’s to a speedy recovery!