Homemade Ginger Juice

Refreshingly tangy, minty, and sweet with a satisfying zing, homemade ginger juice is a natural drink with only five simple ingredients. Replace sugar with honey, and you have a wholesome detoxifying drink to serve, either hot or cold!

Makes about 7 cups

Course Drinks

Cuisine African, Chinese, Indian

Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 25

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 154kcal

Author Imma

Ingredients

4 ounces (113g) ginger root (about 1 cup chopped and peeled)
14-16 leaves fresh mint
6-7 cups (1.5-1.7ml) water (adjust to the desired strength with more or less)
2 large lemons, juiced
1 cup (200g) white sugar (sub with honey)

Instructions

Peel the ginger using a knife or spoon to remove the skin.
Crush mint in a small bowl using a small mortar and pestle (I used a wooden lemon juicer). Set aside.
Then chop ginger into rough chunks, small enough to blend easily in a blender or food processor. An alternative method would be to use a microplane or fine edge of a grater. (Don't cut ginger in chunks if using a grater to grate the ginger.)
Bring about 7 cups of water to a boil in a kettle or pot.
While water is heating, place ginger into a blender, cover with 1 cup water, and blend until the ginger is thick and pasty.
Add the ginger paste to a large bowl with mint and boiled water.
Strain ginger in cheesecloth over a large bowl or cup, then squeeze the juice from the ginger paste and let it fall into the bowl. Discard the remaining pulp.
Stir lemon juice and sugar into ginger juice until the sugar dissolves, and serve garnished with mint leaves.
Serve with ice if desired. Some people like it hot.

Notes

It's so delicious hot in the winter.
Honey is a great replacement for sugar if you want natural sweetness.
Juicer - You can juice fresh ginger using an electronic juicer. With this method, there's no need to peel the ginger before juicing it, as the juicer will extract the juice from the skin and pulp. However, please wash and check it for bad or moldy spots.
Food Processor or Blender - Wash and peel the ginger and cut it into rough chunks. Next, blend the ginger with a cup of water until it's thick and pasty. Finally, add some warm water and strain it using a cheesecloth. Squeeze to extract the juice, and then discard the pulp.
Grater - If you don't have a juicer or a blender, you can juice the ginger with a box grater. Shred the ginger directly on a cheesecloth set over a bowl to catch all the juice, and then squeeze the juice out from the shredded ginger. Or you can use the water addition method mentioned above.
Garlic Press - If you only need a small amount of ginger juice (you know, for salads or tea), you can use a garlic press. Just peel and cut a small piece of ginger to fit inside the garlic press and squeeze.
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

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