Iced Lemon Ginger Mint Tea Recipes

GINGER LEMON ICED TEA

Steps:

• Boil 1 liter of water and pour into a heat resistant mug, add in 4 bags of black tea.
• Add in the zest* of one lemon, grate a knob of ginger and add two sprigs of mint. Muddle it a bit to release the juices. If you don't want such a strong ginger flavor, just don't grate it and slice it instead.
• When lukewarm - add in honey and juice of one lemon. Remove the tea bags. Stir and give it a taste. Adjust amount of honey to your own liking.**
• Run the iced tea through a sift to remove all zest and ginger pieces. Set in the refrigerator until it's cold. Serve with lemon slices, mint sprigs and ice cubes.

LEMON-GINGER ICED TEA WITH BERRY CUBES

Steps:

• Place about 4 raspberries in each compartment of an ice cube tray, 6 hours before serving iced tea. Fill with water and freeze.
• Place honey, 2 cups water and ginger in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add tea bags. Let mixture steep for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour, then strain out solids.
• In a pitcher combine strained liquid with 6 cups water and lemon juice. Chill in refrigerator.
• To serve, place 3 ice cubes in a tall glass and pour iced tea over cubes. Garnish with lemon slices and mint sprigs.

ICED LEMON & GINGER MINT TEA

Steps:

• Place tea bags, ginger, mint& sugar in saucepan.
• Pour in boiling water, cover, and let stand 10 minutes.
• Strain tea into large pitcher and stir in lemon.
• Refrigerate until cold.
• Pour into ice filled glasses and garnish with mint.

ICED LEMON GINGER TEA

Steps:

• Peel gingerroot and cut crosswise into thin slices. In a medium saucepan boil water, gingerroot, honey, sugar, and zest, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat and steep "tea" covered, 45 minutes. Uncover tea and cool completely.
• Remove gingerroot and zest with a slotted spoon and discard. Transfer tea to a pitcher and stir in lemon juice. (Chill tea, covered, until cold and up to 2 days.)
• Serve tea over ice in tall glasses and garnish with lemon slices.

GINGER MINT TEA

Steps:

• Combine water, mint and ginger in a pan, simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes; strain, discard mint and ginger.
• Stir in honey.
• Serve tea, hot or chilled, with lemon slices.

MINT-GINGER ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine ginger, mint tea, and boiling water. Let steep 8 minutes. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a large container; discard solids. Stir in honey. Let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours. Serve over ice with mint sprigs.