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Minty Ice Lemon Tea

Minty Ice Lemon Tea

I bought a small pot of mint and coriander each a few weeks back from the market for garnishing purposes. It’s a lot easier to snip off a few leaves here and there to use as garnish instead of buying a bunch, using only a little and leaving the rest to rot in the refrigerator (speaking from experiences).

Mint leaves are surprisingly, extremely easy to maintain – I have only watered them and they are just growing new leaves everywhere like crazy – so I thought of using more of them in recipes.

Minty Ice Lemon Tea

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I originally wanted to make mojito but didn’t have rum on hand and since the weather is excruciatingly hot these days, a glass of iced mint and lemon tea sounds like the perfect drink to have on hand.

Minty Ice Lemon Tea

Making this is so easy that I almost didn’t want to post the step-by-step photos (but I still did), you just need time to steep and to chill the tea, so it’s best to make them a day ahead so they have sufficient time to chill in the refrigerator.

Another tip is to freeze some of the tea into ice cubes (with extra mint!) so that you will never have diluted ice lemon tea! I used a silicone mould gifted to me by the awesome Bobbi from Bam’s Kitchen when we met up earlier this year (thank you so much Bobbi!). If you are using a silicone mould, place the mould on a baking tray before filling the mould with tea so that you can place the whole baking tray in the freezer – otherwise you’ll find it really challenging to transfer the soft silicone mould to the freezer. Alternatively, regular ice cube trays will work perfectly as well.

Step-by-step Photos
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1) Steep tea bags and mint leaves in water for 1 to 2 hours.2) Supposed to remove the tea bags and mint leaves first, but... oh well! Add in lemon juice.
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3) Followed by sugar. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Remove the tea bags and mint leaves. 4) Freeze some of the tea with fresh mint leaves into ice cubes.
Minty Ice Lemon Tea
Add in minty iced tea cubes, a slice of lemon, a straw and serve!
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Almost forgot to mention, this post is linked to the event, Little Thumbs Up (July 2015: Tea) organised by Doreen from my little favourite DIY and Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, hosted by Cheryl from Baking Taitai at this post.



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Minty Ice Lemon Tea

The only thing you need is time - 1 to 2 hours to steep, and time to chill the drink, so make this one day ahead so you can chill the drink and freeze the tea cubes.
By Jasline N.
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Servings: 2 litres

INGREDIENTS
 

  • 2 litres water
  • 2 English Breakfast tea bags
  • Handful of mint leaves
  • 150 grams sugar, 2/3 cup
  • 60 ml lemon juice, fresh or bottled (1/4 cup)

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Bring the water to a boil. Remove from heat, add in tea bags and mint leaves. Steep for at least 1 hour (up to 2 hours).
  • Remove the tea bags and mint leaves. Stir in sugar and lemon juice, tasting and adding more sugar or lemon juice if needed. Chill in the refrigerator completely before serving.

    Freeze some tea with additional mint leaves in ice cube trays so that you can add them into your drink without diluting it.
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Comments

  1. tummycharger says

    I like this tea and I have tried your recipe.So simple.I just used ginger flavored tea bags in place of English tea as I don’t like that flavor.

    Reply

    • Jasline N. says

      Thank you for trying and I’m so glad you like it. Ginger tea with lemon and mint sounds like a great combination! Will give it a try when I have some ginger tea on hand!

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    • Jasline N. says

      You’ve got me interested in the types of iced tea they have in the South, the blog will love more iced tea recipes. Thanks for dropping by Kenneth!

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    • Jasline N. says

      Thanks Bobbi! Besides this tea I’m also brewing barley, green bean soup etc to cool down the heatiness, weather is pretty unbearable these days!

      Reply

  10. Zoe (@bake4happykids) says

    Hi Jasline,

    Saw the news about the heat wave at London… I wonder if Japan is as hot like London… Good that you have been staying cool with this very refreshing ice lemon tea 😀

    Before going, I gotta say I like your new profile pic… You looks so sweet and fabulous!!!

    Zoe

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  11. Anna @ shenANNAgans says

    I love this, however I think I’ll ditch the ice and substitute with heat for a winter warmer. Its waaaaaaay to cold in Australia to be drinking anything iced. Great recipe. It sounds absolutely delicious. 🙂

    Reply

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