INTI — The Summer Drink ☀️ Organic Ginger, Turmeric & Lemon

⭐ 4.8/5 · 12,000+ orders · 50 organic stores 🇧🇪 · 0% added sugar

🛒 Discover INTI — under €1/day

Ginger-Lemon Tea: the Proportions, Evening or Morning, and the Boiling-Water Mistake

Everyone makes it, almost everyone ruins it: lemon thrown into boiling water (goodbye vitamin C), infusion without a lid (goodbye volatile compounds), honey dissolved at 90°C. Here's the complete method — proportions, temperatures, timing — and the 30-second version for rushed evenings.

• 📐 The proportions that change everything: 3-4 slices of fresh ginger (skin on, well washed — the compounds concentrate underneath) per 250ml, infused 10 minutes LID ON — uncovered, ginger's volatile oils evaporate with the steam, and that's literally the point of the cup flying away. Grated rather than sliced if you want more power
• 🌡️ The boiling-water mistake: lemon goes in once the water has COOLED (below ~60-70°C) — vitamin C is heat-sensitive, and throwing it into 100°C water destroys it before you drink it. Same rule for honey: dissolved boiling, it loses part of its compounds of interest. The right order: infuse the ginger hot, let it cool 5 minutes, THEN lemon and honey
• 🌙 Evening: ginger's right hour: 0 caffeine — unlike tea, a ginger infusion borrows nothing from your night (you know our coffee page: 5-6h half-life). The warm evening ritual marks the transition to sleep. Honesty required: in reflux-prone people, evening ginger may not suit — if it burns, morning is your slot
• 🍯 The honey count (that nobody does): a teaspoon of honey = ~6g of free sugars — the same WHO category as white sugar. A honeyed tea morning and evening = 12g of daily sugars that don't announce themselves. The 0% version: ginger-lemon stands on its own — and that's exactly what INTI is
• ⚡ The 30-second version (the weekday trick): grating, slicing, 10 minutes of infusion — perfect on a Sunday, unrealistic on a Tuesday at 10pm. The instant infusion: hot (not boiling) water + 1 dose of INTI = ginger, turmeric AND lemon already balanced, 0% added sugar, ready before the kettle has cooled. The same bottle that made your iced drinks in July makes your October infusions — the same gesture, one temperature apart

The complete ritual: ginger infused 10 min lid on, lemon and honey (counted) once cooled, in the evening for the sleep transition (0 caffeine) or in the morning as a tonic — and the 30-second INTI version for every other day. ⚠️ To discuss with your doctor: high-dose ginger on anticoagulants, with gallstones, and during pregnancy (the traditional anti-nausea use exists, but moderate doses and medical advice). Night reflux doesn't care about traditions: if it burns in the evening, change the hour.

❓ FAQ

How do you make ginger-lemon tea, and when should you drink it?

The proportions: 3-4 slices of fresh ginger (or grated, more powerful) per 250ml, infused 10 minutes LID ON — uncovered, the volatile oils evaporate. The classic mistake: lemon into boiling water — vitamin C is heat-sensitive; add it once the water has cooled (below 60-70°C), like the honey (counted: 1 teaspoon = ~6g of free sugars per the WHO classification). When to drink it: in the evening, ginger tea has the advantage of 0 caffeine (nothing eats into the night, unlike tea) and marks the transition to sleep — except for reflux-prone people, who do better in the morning; in the morning it makes a caffeine-free tonic. Quick version: hot non-boiling water + 1 dose of INTI (ginger, turmeric, lemon — 0% added sugar) = an instant infusion in 30 seconds. To discuss with a doctor: high doses on anticoagulants, gallstones, pregnancy.