Meaning
A hot drink made by boiling or steeping fresh ginger root, taken as a warming remedy for a cold, a chill, gas, or an upset stomach, and simply enjoyed for its sharp, warming bite. Jamaican ginger is famous for its strength, and ginger tea is one of the most common of the household 'teas' — the everyday word for any hot brew — reached for at the first sign of a cold or a bad belly.
Examples
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Boil some ginger tea fi di cold.
Boil some ginger tea for the cold.
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Ginger tea good fi settle yuh belly.
Ginger tea is good to settle your stomach.
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Jamaica ginger strong, di tea hot pon yuh tongue.
Jamaican ginger is strong; the tea is sharp on your tongue.
Origin
From 'ginger' + 'tea' (any hot brew); a warming ginger remedy drink. See [[bush-tea]], [[chocolate-tea]].
How it’s used
Hot ginger-root drink; a remedy for colds/upset stomach. See [[bush-tea]], [[chocolate-tea]].