Ingredients

• 1  cup boiling water
• 4  1/8-inch slices fresh ginger
• 1  small sprig fresh rosemary or fresh mint, or 2 strips lemon peel*
• 1/2  tsp. honey

Directions

1. Pour water in cup. Add fresh ginger, rosemary, and honey. Stir to dissolve honey. Steep 5 minutes. Remove ginger and rosemary or, for intense ginger and rosemary flavor, leave in ginger and rosemary while sipping.

2. Iced Ginger Tea: Prepare Ginger Tea; remove ginger and rosemary. Refrigerate, covered, 2 hours. Serve over ice.

3. Sparkling Ginger Fizz: Prepare Iced Ginger Tea using six 1/8-inch slices of fresh ginger. Pour tea in tall ice-filled glass. Pour in calorie-free ginger ale, carbonated water, or sparkling white wine. Makes 1 serving.

4. *Note: Use only yellow peel; avoid the white pith of the lemon.