Mint Iced Green Tea
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Green tea with fresh mint leaves, adding lemon juice and honey, wonderful drink.
Ingredients
| ¼ | cup |
green tea
or 12 green jasmine tea bags |
* |
| ½ | cup |
mint leaves
plus more whole sprigs for garnish |
* |
| 4 | cups |
water
simmering |
|
| ½ | cup |
lemon juice
fresh |
|
| ⅓ | cup |
honey
|
|
| 4 | cups |
water
cold |
Directions
Steep loose tea and mint leaves in simmering (not boiling) water for 3 minutes.
Strain the tea (or remove tea bags and mint leaves) and pour into a large pitcher.
Stir in lemon juice and honey until the honey is dissolved.
Add cold water.
Refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.
Serve over ice with mint sprigs.