Rhubarb Mint Iced Tea Recipes

RHUBARB ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add rhubarb, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in tea bags and mint leaves. Cover and let steep for 30 minutes.
• Combine sugar and lemon juice in a pitcher. Strain rhubarb and tea mixture over the sugar. Discard the solids.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir tea until sugar has dissolved. Add remaining 4 cups of water to the pitcher and stir again. Serve over ice.

RHUBARB MINT TEA

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, combine rhubarb, raspberries, mint and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes. Remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, 3-5 minutes according to taste. Using a fine mesh strainer, strain tea, discarding tea bags and pulp. Stir in sugar until dissolved; cool slightly. Transfer to a pitcher; refrigerate until cooled completely. Serve over ice with mint sprigs.

RHUBARB ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine rhubarb and 8 cups water; bring to a boil, and simmer for 1 hour. Strain the liquid, add sugar to taste, stirring to dissolve, and allow to cool. Serve over ice with a sprig of mint.

COOL RHUBARB ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place rhubarb into a large pot with the sugar and 1 quart of water. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for about 4 hours, stirring occasionally to prevent burning, until rhubarb becomes a thick paste. Cool, then spoon into ice cube trays and freeze overnight.
• Bring 1 quart of water to a boil. Pour into a pitcher over the tea bags. Stir in honey and sugar. Cool, then refrigerate until chilled. Serve cold ice tea with rhubarb ice cubes.

MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Brew tea in boiling water, letting steep for 10 minutes. Pour brewed tea into a serving pitcher. Add sugar and lemon, and swirl in the mint, holding it by the stems and using it to stir and dissolve the sugar. When sugar is dissolved, drop mint into pitcher and add 2 cups cold water. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Strain mint out before serving and serve cold.

SUMMER ICED RHUBARB TEA

Steps:

• Add rhubarb to water and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour.
• Strain and add sugar to taste; serve iced with mint garnish.

ICED RHUBARB TEA

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan combine the water and the rhubarb.
• Bring to a boil and then let simmer until tender about 20 minutes.
• Strain, and add the juice of one lemon and the sugar (more or less, to taste).
• Cool well, and serve over ice in tall glasses.