Homemade Ginger Juice

Pouring a glass of insanely delicious 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, Indian

Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 25

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 177kcal

Author Imma

Ingredients

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

Instructions

Optionally peel the ginger using a spoon to remove the skin.
Crush mint in a small bowl with a small mortar and pestle (I used a wooden lemon juicer), and set aside.
Chop the ginger into chunks, small enough to blend easily in a blender or food processor.
Bring 5 cups of water to a boil in a kettle or pot.
While the water is heating, puree the ginger with one cup of water in a blender or food processor until the ginger is thick and pasty.
Remove the pot of water from the heat, add the ginger paste and mint, and stir well.
Strain the mixture through a cheesecloth over a large glass pitcher, then squeeze the juice from the ginger paste into the pitcher. Discard the remaining pulp.
Stir in the lemon juice and sugar until the sugar dissolves, and serve garnished with mint leaves.
Serve it over ice or hot in a mug.

Notes

You can juice fresh organic ginger using an electric juicer. There's no need to peel it, as the juicer will extract the juice from the skin and pulp.
The no-electricity version is to grate the ginger with a hand grater into a cheesecloth-lined bowl. Squeeze the juice out of the grated ginger and add water to taste.
For a small amount of ginger juice (salad dressing or one cup op 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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