Love this. Here in Thailand we use a boring and very traditional stone mortar & pestle to crush the ginger. Important to note that young ginger (only 1 season in the ground) is much milder and has reduced medicinal properties to what we (here in Thailand) call "aged ginger" - 2 seasons in the ground. Much stronger flavour and enough to make your eyes water... our medicinal go-to, although it's the young one we juice regularly with our beetroot-pineapple-carrot. Nice post.