Ingredients :

• Strawberries — Fresh in June, frozen the rest of the time — both work perfectly here. Frozen ones even result in a colder, thicker smoothie without adding ice cubes. Avoid out-of-season designer varieties: expensive and tasteless. A basic bag of frozen berries does the job brilliantly.
• Fresh ginger — No powder, seriously. Powdered ginger gives a flat and slightly bitter taste. Fresh has that spicy-citrus side that changes everything. A 2-3 cm piece is enough. Pro tip: freeze it whole and grate it directly without thawing — the fibers give way without resistance and it keeps for two months.
• Chia seeds — Any brand will do. They don’t really differ from each other; the price varies but not the taste. The key is to add them after blending and let it sit for at least five minutes: they double in volume and the texture becomes much more interesting.
• Lemon — Half an ordinary yellow lemon. Bottled juice works in a pinch, but grating a bit of fresh zest while blending really amplifies the aroma — a small gesture, big effect.