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    Home » Recipes » Drinks

    Green Tea Mint Lemonade

    July 18, 2017 by Kankana Saxena

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    One of my best friends recently bought a beautiful big house. The first thing that caught my attention was her kitchen. Gorgeous natural light! The second thing which caught my eye was the Meyer Lemon Tree in her backyard. I am one of those lemon fanatics who like to add a little citrus flavor in everything. From smoothies to curries to desserts! So, you can imagine my excitement when she showered me with a bag full of Meyer Lemons. These lemons are huge, some of them even bigger than my 50mm lens. If you follow my Instagram stories, you must have seen that story! I instantly started thinking off all those lemon-loaded dishes that I was going to make. But first, it’s time for some Green Tea and Mint Lemonade!

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    I am a tea lover and my morning ritual starts with a cup of tea. Before I got hooked to green tea, I used to sip a lot of lemon iced tea. But with green tea, the flavor gets elevated to a whole new level. I made a large jar of the green tea lemonade and sipped it all day long. Perfect way to cool down and stay hydrated.

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    This time, instead of adding just fresh mint leaves, I blended some mint leaves with ginger and froze into ice cubes. Unlike plain ice cubes, which tends to dilute the lemonade flavor, the flavor was releasing slowly and the taste of lemonade was only getting better with every sip.

    The key point to remember while making this lemonade is to make sure that you don’t steep the green tea for more than 5 minutes or else it will taste bitter. I also allow the green tea to cool down a bit before adding fresh lemon juice and mint ice cubes.

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    Green Tea Mint Lemonade

    Kankana Saxena
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    Ingredients
     

    for the mint cubes

    • ½ cup fresh mint leaves
    • 1 inch fresh ginger
    • 1 cup water

    for the lemonade

    • 2 Meyer lemons
    • 2 green tea bags
    • 4 cups water
    • 2 tablespoons honey
    • fresh mint leaves
    • few slices of lemon

    Instructions
     

    • For the mint cubes, blend mint and ginger with water. Strain it and then pour it in the ice cube tray. Place the tray in the freezer to set.
    • For the lemonade, place 2 cups of water in a pot and bring to a boil. Switch off the heat and drop the tea bags into the pot. Allow it to steep for 3 minutes. Then, discard the tea bags.
    • Pour the cooled green tea into a pitcher and squeeze the fresh lemon juice. Drizzle in honey and pour 2 cups of cold water. Give it a stir and taste. If you prefer it sweeter, drizzle more honey. Add a few lemon slices and fresh mint leaves to the pitcher.
    • Serve with mint ice cubes.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Servings

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    Comments

    1. Anindya Sundar Basu

      July 28, 2017 at 10:09 am

      The pictures are as usual great . Will do more study on Meyer ;lemon . Keep up the good
      work

    2. Ruby & Cake

      July 23, 2017 at 10:33 pm

      This looks so refreshing. Just wanted to say how pleased i am to have found your beautiful blog 🙂 I love your beautiful photos

    3. Evi @ greenevi

      July 23, 2017 at 6:00 am

      Your photography is gorgeous and this lemonade sounds so delicious! I love the idea of those little mint cubes 🙂

    4. shobee

      July 22, 2017 at 8:49 am

      What a refreshing drink for this hot summer and it looks like a healthy refreshment too.

    5. Easyfoodsmith

      July 20, 2017 at 9:15 pm

      The tea lemonade looks so refreshing and inviting. Gorgeous clicks.

    6. Patrick@looneyforfoo

      July 19, 2017 at 1:27 pm

      Such beautiful pictures! I love fresh mint in tea! So creative

    7. Kelsie

      July 19, 2017 at 9:20 am

      As if lemonade weren't delicious enough, you added green tea! This sounds amazing, Kankana! So refreshing and perfect for summer :).

    8. dixya @food, pleasur

      July 19, 2017 at 8:20 am

      i want these in the form of popsicles!

    9. angiesrecipes

      July 19, 2017 at 3:34 am

      I prefer to drink my tea PLAIN...but those photos are so beautiful!

    10. Rahul jaiswal

      July 18, 2017 at 10:22 pm

      Really liked all the photos, and also loved that instead of adding just mint leaves you blended them with some ginger, It really escalates the flavour

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