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Iced Antioxidant Rich Blueberry Green Tea is a great immunity booster drink that’s light and refreshing and rich with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties. This easy iced green tea recipe is made by blending blueberries and honey with green tea. It’s so good!

drinking glasses filled with blueberry green teaThis blueberry iced green tea is a great immunity booster drink that your whole family will love! It’s iced green tea that’s blended with blueberries, sweetened with honey and has a deliciously refreshing taste that screams of summer! 

iced blueberry tea in glasses

One of the most important things we can do for our health is to stay hydrated. But that can feel a bit daunting at times. To make things easier, pamper yourself by drinking Fruit Infused Water, Refreshing Detox Water and healthy beverages like this Antioxidant Rich Blueberry Green Tea. Not only will it help you stay hydrated, it will provide you with extra antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits. It’s a great tea to add to your daily wellness plan.

Iced Green Tea Recipe

You’ll just need 5 simple ingredients to make this iced green tea.

  • Water
  • Green tea bags
  • Fresh or frozen blueberries
  • Honey
  • Lemon juice

How to Make Blueberry Iced Green Tea 

This blueberry iced green tea is a great immunity booster drink to make.  It’s so delicious and it’s super quick and easy to make!  The freshly steeped green tea is blended with blueberries and honey, then strained through a fine mesh (removing the blueberry skins).  

  1. Steep tea:  Steep green tea using either loose leaves or tea bags.
  2. Add tea, blueberries and honey to blender:  Blend the blueberries, steeped tea and honey in a blender.
  3. Strain:  Strain the blueberry green tea through a sieve into a pitcher discarding whats left of the blueberry skins.
  4. Serve:  Serve blueberry tea over ice and garnish with mint leaves.

How to Steep Tea

  • You’ll use about 1 teaspoon loose tea leaves per 1 cup water or 1 tea bag per 1 cup water.
  • Fill tea kettle or pot with cold water and heat to a simmer just before boiling then remove from heat.
  • Pour hot water over tea leaves (rather than adding tea leaves to a cup with hot water) and steep.  
  • If using an infuser, be sure the tea infuser is fully submerged beneath water while steeping.
  • Remove tea bag or infuser and enjoy tea.

You can either 

  • Put loose tea leaves right in the cup or tea pot; or
  • Add the tea leaves to a ball style infuser to dunk in your cup or pot; or
  • Place your tea leaves in a metal strainer and rest it on the lip of your tea cup while pouring the hot water over the tea leaves; or  
  • Add tea bag to tea cup and pour hot water over tea bag and steep (don’t squeeze tea bag while steeping because it will cause a bitter taste). 

How Long to Steep Green Tea

  • How long to steep green tea depends really on how strong you like your green tea. 
  • Loose leaf tea:  steep for 2 – 4 minutes
  • Tea bag: steep for 1 – 3 minutes
  • Don’t steep for too long or the tea can become bitter.

glass filled with immunity booster drink made of blueberries

One of the most important things we can do for our bodies is to stay hydrated, but drinking enough water during the day can seem like a chore at times. A great way to help you increase the amount of water you drink is to drink fruit infused water, detox water and healthy beverages like this iced green tea. Not only will this blueberry iced tea help you stay hydrated, but it’ll provide you with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits.  It’s a great tea to add to your daily wellness plan.

Is Green Tea Healthy

Yes. Green tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world and it provides many health benefits. Research has shown that the main component of green tea that is associated with health benefits are the catechins. These catechins are phytochemical compounds found in high concentration in plant based foods.

Green Tea Benefits

The benefits of green tea comes from its catechins, which are powerful antioxidants that fight off cell damage. Green tea provides anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties. Green tea is touted for improving blood flow and lower cholesterol levels, and may (according to some studies) help prevent a range of heart-related issues, from high blood pressure to congestive heart failure.  (1)

When making a cup of green tea, it’s best to just heat the water (not boil it) because the heat from steeping the tea in boiling water can destroy the benefits of catechins.

Blueberry Benefits 

Blueberries are a powerhouse superfood containing antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds that help to ward off major disease like Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer.

iced tea immunity booster drink in glasses

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glass of immunity booster drink made of blueberries and green tea
Yield: 6 cups

Antioxidant Rich Blueberry Green Tea

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Iced Antioxidant Rich Blueberry Green Tea is a great immunity booster drink that's light and refreshing and rich with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties. This easy iced green tea recipe is made by blending blueberries and honey with green tea. It's so good!

Ingredients

  • 6 cups water
  • 4 green tea bags (I use Stash brand)
  • 1  cup fresh or  frozen blueberries
  • 1/4 to 1/3 cup clover honey (depending on how sweet you like your tea)
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • ice cubes, lemon slices, and fresh mint leaves for garnish

Instructions

  1. Bring the water almost to a boil in a large pot, then turn off heat.
  2. Add the green tea bags to pot and cover with lid. Let tea bags steep for 3 minutes.
  3. Remove tea bags.
  4. Pour the tea into a blender. Add the blueberries and blend for a few seconds.
  5. Pour the tea through a strainer into a large pitcher. Use a silicone spatula to push the mashed berries against the strainer to get all of the juice.
  6. Stir in the honey until dissolved.
  7. Stir in the lemon juice.
  8. Chill in the refrigerator before serving.
  9. Serve in tall glass over ice.
  10. Garnish with lemon slices and mint leaves.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 36Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 13mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 1gSugar: 7gProtein: 1g

theharvestkitchen.com attempts to provide accurate information, however, this nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. The nutritional information provided comes from online sources and calculations.

© Deborah
Cuisine: Healthy / Category: Detox