After-Dinner Digestion Tonic with Lemon and Honey
A soothing after-dinner tonic of the digestion blend brewed with fresh ginger, lemon, and honey — the classic settling cup to ease a full stomach.
This tonic is the digestion blend at its most purposeful: a warm, caffeine-free cup designed to ease that overfull feeling after a big meal. Peppermint and fennel bring their classic carminative comfort, ginger adds settling warmth, and chamomile relaxes the whole experience into something calming.
A few extra slices of fresh ginger deepen the warming, stomach-soothing character, while lemon brightens the herbs and honey rounds off any sharpness. Together they make a tonic that feels both gentle and genuinely soothing.
Steep it for around 5 to 7 minutes to draw out the full carminative character of the mint and fennel — these herbs reward a slightly longer infusion. Cover the cup while it steeps to keep the fragrant volatile oils from escaping.
Sip it slowly about 15 to 20 minutes after dinner. A gentle note: chamomile belongs to the Asteraceae (daisy) family, so anyone with a known ragweed or daisy allergy should approach it with care. As an everyday after-meal ritual, this tonic is a calm, comforting way to close the evening.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp digestion blend (peppermint, fennel, ginger, chamomile)
- 1 cup hot water (95°C)
- 2 thin slices fresh ginger
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 tsp honey
How to make it
- 1Place the digestion blend and fresh ginger slices in a cup.
- 2Pour over the hot water and cover the cup.
- 3Steep 5–7 minutes, then strain out the herbs and ginger.
- 4Stir in the lemon juice and honey until dissolved.
- 5Serve warm and sip slowly after a meal.
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