Ginger tuber on a light background

ON EVERYONE'S LIPS WORLDWIDE - THE GINGER PLANT

Besides the well-known effect, the taste of a fresh ginger tuber is simply unique. And if you surround yourself with the almost beguiling ginger plant all day like we do, you're not only latently addicted to it, but also have a lot of idea about it. What the flower of a ginger plant looks like, where it comes from, the best way to peel ginger and more can therefore be found here ↓.

Table of Contents: 

1. not only delicious, also chic.

2. ginger plant loves it warm.

3. so small, so sharp.

4. well peeled with spoon.

5. all fit with cut.

Not just delicious, it’s got style, too.

When people talk about ginger, they are talking about the tuber that grows underground, i.e. the root. But what does the ginger plant actually look like? What many people don't know is that it can flower! And a flowering ginger plant is really chic! If you want to put it in the kitchen next to the morning ginger shot, you may be lucky - it is already offered by some florists. 

The bright pink flower of a ginger plant

This is what the flower of the ginger plant looks like

The ginger plant loves it warm.

Does ginger grow in the garden at home? Unfortunately, we have to disappoint you. It grows where we would sometimes like to be: in the tropics and subtropics. Within this climate zone, ginger is grown on almost every continent. By far the largest producer is India, in whose surroundings the origin of the plant is also assumed.

the right climate for a ginger plant: the tropics. You can see a large jungle with a waterfall.

Here grows the ginger plant

So small, so spicy.

It is what makes the taste so special: an intrinsic, stimulating but at the same time not too strong spiciness. The gingerols contained in the ginger tuber are responsible for this. You can't see them. But you can taste them all the more. 

Harvesting a ginger plant: some ginger tubers stacked and cut." style=

What is harvested at the end: Ginger tubers!

Peel with a spoon.

There are many ways to peel a knob of ginger. Hold the ginger close to the base of the bowl of the spoon and run it down the knob, scraping off the skin. This is also a good way to get around the corners and edges. By the way: you can dispose of the peel. Fortunately, it is only a myth that it contains a lot of vitamins.

the ginger root of a ginger plant a little peeled, a spoon lies on the ginger

The best tool for peeling ginger: a spoon!

It’s the cut that makes all the difference.

A tip for the cooks and do-it-yourselfers among you. Ginger wants to be finely chopped with love and processed quickly. There are reasons for this. The more cut surface you have, the better the ingredients and thus the "taste" can mix with the environment and enrich it. In addition, the essential oils preserved in ginger are volatile. The faster you process the ginger, the more you have of it. 

Ginger as it is being cut. you can see a knife and a hand.

If you want to enjoy ginger, you should process it quickly

Since it is not so easy to get the best out of ginger by hand at home, we have developed a special ginger processing method for this purpose. If you want to save yourself all the work and still enjoy all the benefits of ginger, take a look at our Ginger Shot online store.