Mint Tea Lemonade Recipes

LEMON MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat; remove from heat, then stir in sugar until dissolved. Add the tea and peppermint tea bags, and allow to steep for 30 minutes. Remove tea bag and stir in the lemonade. Serve tea over ice.

MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE MINT LEMONADE (LIMONANA)

Steps:

• Add all the ingredients to the pitcher of a high-quality blender. Cover and push blend or liquefy (high-speed function), until you achieve the desired drink consistency.
• Taste and add more sugar or mint leaves, if you like. Blend again.
• Pour the lemonade into a serving pitcher through a mesh strainer. Add fresh mint leaves to the pitcher. Cover and refrigerate until you are ready to serve.
• If you like, strain the lemonade again as you pour into serving glasses. Enjoy cold!

LEMONADE-MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a 1 gallon pitcher, combine the mint leaves, 1 quart of boiling water, instant tea powder and sugar. Stir to dissolve sugar. Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Stir in the cold water and lemonade concentrate. Serve in tall glasses over ice. Strain out mint leaves, if desired.

MINTED LEMONADE

Steps:

• To make simple syrup: Place 2 cups sugar and 2 cups water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar is dissolved and let cool. Place lemon juice in a large pitcher, add remaining 4 cups water and 1 cup of the simple syrup or more to taste. Stir in mint leaves and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve over ice.

MINT AND LEMON TEA

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Meanwhile, peel the lemon, leaving the bitter white pith on the lemon and only removing the yellow peel.
• Add the lemon peel and mint leaves to the boiling water, stir once and boil for 1 minute. Strain tea into teacups and serve hot, passing sugar if desired.

MIDDLE EASTERN LIMONANA

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the lemon juice, mint, sugar, and 1/2 cup of the water and blend until fully liquid. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, reserving the liquid and discarding the solids. In a pitcher, stir together the mint mixture and the remaining 3 1/2 cups water. Serve over ice cubes.

MINT-TEA LEMONADE

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups water to a gentle boil in a small saucepan.
• Add in tea bags; remove pan from heat, cover, and steep for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place the sugar in a 2-quart container.
• When the tea is ready, remove the tea bags without squeezing them; pour the tea over the sugar; stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add in the remaining 2 cups water; let cool 10 minutes.
• Pour in the lemonade, then squeeze the lemon wedges into the mixture; put the rinds in, too; stir to blend.
• Chill until very cold; serve over ice.