Lemon Mint Ice Tea Recipe

Lemon Mint Ice Tea Recipe

I have to admit this first that I have been too lazy these days, not blogging frequently also. It’s not that I am not cooking but somehow feel that creativity is somewhat low and it’s just not happening. Sometimes there is no creative impulse to write a post. Every day I plan of trying some new dish or feel like going through the bookmarked recipes but I end up doing simply nothing .

Only thing I am really happy and enthu about these days is trying out on various drinks, smoothies, shakes and summer coolers! My kids also love variations in shakes and so do I, so the most happening thing in my kitchen these days is only to do with shakes and various mocktails and I am enjoying it! I am acting too lazy in clicking pics may be due to the summers. I prepare the shake and in few minutes the glasses are empty and later I realise ohhh no ! Why did I not click? But no worries, I guess it happens. I will surely share all the experiments of my kitchen here soon.

I very regularly make this Lemon Mint Ice Tea at home, we all love it and its so refreshing but I have not shared it in my space still just like any tea or coffee post assuming its simple and obviously all would know how to prepare these (though I only knew how to prepare tea when I got married and that too I pity my family members who drank it then without too much of a criticisim….lol).

But then still I need to keep adding anything to everything that cooks in my kitchen out here.So something which is easy, quick and needs no tension is right here…The Lemon Mint Ice Tea for you all to beat the heat this summers .

All you need is….

Ingredients -

• Water - 2 cups plus 1 cup chilled water
• Sugar - 4 teaspoons ( for more sweetness and little variation you can add 1 teaspoon of Honey too )
• Mint sprigs - 7 - 8
• Lemon Flavored tea bags - 2
• Lemon - 1
• Big Ice Cubes - 8

Fresh Mint Leaves

Mint Leaves crushed with the help of my mortar and pestle for true flavor

Lemon Flavor Tea Bags dipped in boiling water

Crushed Mint Leaves soaked in Sugar Syrup to prepare the Mint Syrup

Soothing drink for Summers ready in minutes

Let’s see what we need to do for this ultra refreshing Ice Tea….

1. Boil 1 1/2 cup water and add tea bags to it and let it simmer on low to medium flame for 5 -7 minutes. Remove from flame and let it cool completely.

2. Take a saucepan add 1/2 cup water, bring it to boil and sugar to it. Let it simmer till sugar gets dissolved completely, remove from flame, add crushed mint leaves (crush the mint leaves with the help of mortar and pestle or any wooden spatula) to it and allow it to cool completely. Let the mint leaves be in the sugar syrup for an hour or little more, this way you will get a nice mint syrup. The sugar syrup will absorb the mint flavour nicely in it.

3. Cut the lemon into slices and keep few mint leaves for garnishing ready.

4. Take 2 glasses of your choice, add in 4 big ice cubes to each glass, pour mint syrup on top of it, throw few mint leaves and one lemon slice each and add the lemon flavored tea to it. You can adjust strength and sweetness to your taste. If you like strong tea flavour then add little more but if you like light flavour then add about 45 ml of lemon flavored tea to the glass. Pour some chilled water to it.

5. Stir well the mixture with a stirrer and your lemon mint ice tea is ready!!!!

Enjoy this drink during summers with your loved ones!!

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