This week I got markedly sick for the first time since I lived in the eastern hemisphere. It was crap. I blame it on the higher altitude of my jearrrb (30th floor) and/or the hot-cold-hot weather. By this afternoon, though, I felt better and credit such greatness to a steady diet of White Hen supplemented with delicious ginger tea a la Dave. You, too, can enjoy:

Get some water, a splash o' lemony juice, cinnamon [sticks], [star] anise, fresh ginger root, honey.

Boil the water with the juice and the anise.

While the water heats up, peel and thinly slice about 2" of the ginger root.

Burn the cinnamon stick.

Once the water is boiled throw in both ginger and cinnamon, turn down the heat and let it all steep for 10-ish minutes.

Add some honey to taste. And some bourbon.

So that's that. It's delicious and medicinal. Yum.