Homemade Iced Tea Recipe
Make a refreshing and tasty drink that is also good for you!
Servings: 5 people
Ingredients
- 4-5 bags of tea by choice*
- 1 cup/ 240 ml boiling water
- 4 cups/ 1 l of cold water
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoons honey*
- lemon slices
- ice cubes
- fresh mint, optional
- fresh fruit slices, optional
Instructions
- In a small kettle or a heatproof bowl soak the tea in 1 cup pf hot water Brew for 4-5 minutes.
- Remove the teabags (if using loose leaves, pour the tea through a mesh sievand transfer the liquid to a pitcher.
- Add honey and juice of one lemon. Stir to dissolve the honey.
- Add the rest of the ingredients into the pitcher and stir. You can serve right away.
- Alternatively brew the tea with 5 cups of cold water for 6 to 8 hours (not recommended for purely herbal infusion). In this case you need to stir well the tea after adding the honey until it dissolves.
Notes
- In case you prefer loose tea leaves or herbs, use 1 tbs for each bag. If you want to make the tea with fresh mint or thyme, use about two handfuls of herbs for the same quantity of water.
- The herbs need to be brewed for longer time than the tea: 5-15 minutes for dried herbs and 15-30 minutes for fresh herbs.
- Instead of honey you can use other sweeteners. Adjust the quantity according to your taste.
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