Iced Lemon Mint Green Tea

by Deborah on March 5, 2024 0 comments

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Looking for a fun and refreshing non-alcoholic drink to sip on this summer? This Iced Lemon Mint Green Tea recipe is made with green tea, lemon juice, fresh mint leaves and honey. It’s delicious and pretty and so easy to make.

This lemon mint green tea is super easy to make and it’s perfect for backyard barbecues, holidays, birthday parties and baby showers. And, it’s delicious, nutritious and promotes a healthy lifestyle.

If you love green tea like I do, this iced green tea with mint is one of my favorites. It’s refreshing and lightly sweetened with honey, and it makes a perfect healthy drink to serve for special occasions or no occasion at all.

Lemon Mint Green Tea Recipe

This is a delicious perky tea that’s on the healthy side because we use honey to sweeten it with rather than granulated sugar.

Green tea bags. We use green tea bags for this recipe, but you can use your favorite loose leaf green tea if you prefer.
Water. Use spring water or filtered water to steep the tea bags in.
Lemon Juice. We add just enough lemon juice to add a perky taste.
Honey. We use a simple honey syrup to sweeten this drink.
Fresh Mint. Fresh mint adds a bright flavor to this tea.
Garnish. Garnish with fresh lemon slices and mint.

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Variations

Strain the mint leaves. I personally leave the flecks of mint in the tea because I think it looks pretty, plus it provides additional nutritional perks.
Use black tea instead of green tea.

Lemon Mint Honey Syrup Recipe

Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend or pulse until the mint leaves are chopped very small. Do not over blend or you will liquify the mint altogether.

Water
Lemon juice
Fresh mint leaves
Honey (I like to use clover honey)

How To Make Lemon Mint Green Tea

When making this green tea with mint, it’s best to just heat the water to a simmer, but not to a boiling point, because the heat from steeping the green tea in boiling water can destroy the benefits of catechins found in green tea.

Make simple syrup. Bring 1 cup of water to a simmer and add 8 springs of mint and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat, let mint steep for another 10 minutes as the water cools to room temperature. Pour the mint water into a blender with the honey, lemon juice and 1/2 cup (loosely packed) fresh mint leaves. Be sure not to include stems as these can taste a little bitter.
Steep Green Tea. Bring the water to a simmer in a large pot. Remove from heat and add the tea bags to steep for 5 minutes.
Combine syrup and tea. Pour the tea into a pitcher and stir in the mint honey syrup.
Enjoy. Serve chilled over ice and garnish with sprigs of mint and lemon slices.

How to Choose The Freshest Mint

Look for vibrant colored perky greens. Avoid limp leaves and leaves that are yellowing or have dark spots.

How Long Does Fresh Mint Last

Fresh mint leaves will last for 1-2 weeks if properly stored. To store fresh mint, dampen a paper towel under cool water, ringing it out of excess water as much as possible. Wrap each bunch of mint in a damp paper towel and store them in sealed plastic bags in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Can I Use Dried Mint?

No. This recipe is made with fresh mint which offers a bright, refreshing and perky taste. Fresh mint has smooth leaves with a sweet aroma and menthol flavor. Dried mint has a rougher texture with a slightly bitter flavor and sharper aroma.

Peppermint vs Spearmint

Spearmint and peppermint are the most popular types of mint used in cooking. It’s almost always spearmint that is sold in grocery stores even though they usually aren’t labeled. Spearmint leaves are typically longer and more pointed and peppermint leaves are usually smaller and more rounded. The concentration of menthol is much higher in peppermint (40%) than it is in spearmint (0.5%). Since peppermint has a more intense mint flavor, it is used more widely is desserts, candies and cocktails. The flavor of spearmint is more mild, fruit and slightly refreshing. It’s used in dishes where you just want a hint of mint flavor.

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Yield: 6 Servings