syouga no kaori no otya wo nomu to, kibun ga sapparisimasu.

Both の link nouns together.

• しょうがの香り = the aroma of ginger / ginger aroma
• しょうがの香りのお茶 = tea with the aroma of ginger / ginger-scented tea

So the structure is:

• A の B の C
• C that has B of A

In more natural English, you would not translate each の literally. You would usually simplify it to something like:

• ginger-aroma tea
• tea with a ginger fragrance
• ginger-scented tea

Japanese often chains nouns this way much more easily than English does.

Not exactly.

しょうがの香りのお茶 focuses on the aroma/fragrance of ginger. It suggests tea that smells like ginger or has a ginger scent.

しょうが茶 would more directly mean ginger tea.

So the sentence is emphasizing the pleasant smell/aroma of the tea, not just the fact that ginger is an ingredient. Depending on context, the English meaning may still be translated simply as ginger tea, but the Japanese wording gives extra attention to the aroma.

飲むと uses the particle と after the dictionary form of a verb.

Here it means something like:

• when you drink it
• if you drink it
• upon drinking it

In this sentence, it expresses a natural result:

• しょうがの香りのお茶を飲むと、気分がさっぱりします。
• When I/you/one drinks ginger-scented tea, one feels refreshed.

This と is often used for results that are regular, natural, or expected.

Examples:

• 春になると、暖かくなります。
  When spring comes, it gets warm.
• このボタンを押すと、ドアが開きます。
  If you press this button, the door opens.

So here, drinking the tea leads to the result of feeling refreshed.

This is normal.

In Japanese, verbs before particles like と, たら, から, ので, etc. are often in plain form, even in polite sentences.

So:

• 飲むと = plain form inside the conditional/time clause
• さっぱりします = polite main clause

This is completely natural Japanese.

Compare:

• 日本に行くと、富士山が見えます。
• 朝ご飯を食べたら、出かけます。

The final verb usually determines the politeness level of the whole sentence.

Because さっぱりする works like an intransitive expression meaning to feel refreshed, to become refreshed, or to clear up.

So 気分 is the thing that becomes refreshed, which is why it takes が:

• 気分がさっぱりする = to feel refreshed / one’s mood feels refreshed

Using を would suggest directly acting on 気分 as an object, which is not how this expression normally works.

So:

• 気分がさっぱりします = my/your/one’s mood feels refreshed

Both are possible in some contexts, but が is more natural here because it marks 気分 as the thing that undergoes the change or state.

• 気分がさっぱりします = the feeling/mood becomes refreshed
• 気分はさっぱりします would sound more contrastive, like as for my mood, it does feel refreshed

In a neutral statement describing the result of drinking the tea, が is the normal choice.

Here, さっぱりします means something like:

• feel refreshed
• feel cleared up
• feel fresh and light

It does not just mean happy.

さっぱり often gives a sense of:

• freshness
• cleanness
• lightness
• no heaviness or stickiness
• mental clarity

So in this sentence, the idea is that drinking the tea makes your mood or state feel cleaner, lighter, and more refreshed.

This is a good question because さっぱり can behave in more than one way.

In this sentence, it appears in the common expression:

• さっぱりする

This works like a set phrase meaning to feel refreshed.

You may also see さっぱり used adverbially, for example:

• さっぱりした味 = a light/refreshing taste
• さっぱりした性格 = a straightforward, easygoing personality

And in other contexts, さっぱり can mean something very different, such as:

• さっぱり分からない = I don’t understand at all

So it is a flexible word, and the meaning depends heavily on context. In your sentence, it clearly means refreshed.

Japanese often omits the subject when it is obvious or not important.

So this sentence does not explicitly say:

• I
• you
• people in general

It just states a general effect:

• When you drink tea with the aroma of ginger, you feel refreshed.
• Drinking ginger-scented tea makes you feel refreshed.

Depending on context, the implied subject could be:

• I
• you
• one
• people

This kind of omission is extremely common in Japanese.

Yes. A more typical written version would be:

生姜の香りのお茶を飲むと、気分がさっぱりします。

Notes:

• しょうが is often written 生姜
• 香り is commonly written in kanji
• 気分 is also usually written in kanji

The spaces in your example are just there to help learners read the sentence. Normal Japanese writing usually does not put spaces between words.

Yes, and it is a bit more explicit.

• しょうがの香りのお茶 = tea with a ginger aroma
• しょうがの香りがするお茶 = tea that smells like ginger / tea that has a ginger aroma

The version with がする spells out the relationship more clearly. The version with just の is more compact and natural in many contexts.

Japanese often prefers the shorter noun-linking structure when it sounds smooth and the meaning is clear.

Usually it suggests a regular or natural result, rather than a one-time event.

So the nuance is closer to:

• Whenever you drink it, you feel refreshed
• If you drink it, you tend to feel refreshed

It can describe something habitual, characteristic, or naturally resulting from the action.

If you wanted to focus more on a specific one-time situation, Japanese might use something like たら instead:

• 飲んだら、気分がさっぱりしました。
• After I drank it, I felt refreshed.

So in your sentence, 飲むと sounds like a general truth or repeated experience.

を marks the direct object of the verb.

• お茶 = tea
• 飲む = to drink
• お茶を飲む = to drink tea

So を tells you that tea is the thing being drunk.

This is one of the most basic and common uses of を in Japanese.

No, it is not strictly necessary, but it is natural and helpful.

• しょうがの香りのお茶を飲むと気分がさっぱりします。
• しょうがの香りのお茶を飲むと、気分がさっぱりします。

Both are fine.

The comma simply makes the sentence easier to read by showing where the when/if clause ends and the main statement begins. In longer sentences, commas are especially useful for clarity.