Lemon and Mint Iced Tea
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Ingredients
  • 4-5 tsp Tea Leaves
  • 2-inch Cinnamon Stick
  • 8-10 Mint Leaves
  • 1-inch Ginger root (grated)
  • 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 7 tbsp Sugar
  • 5 Cups Water
Instructions
  1. Heat 5 Cups Water in a Pan. Add Grated Ginger and Cinnamon Sticks and allow water to boil
  2. As water begins to boil, lower the heat and simmer for a min. Add Sugar and Tea Leaves. Mix well and switch off the heat. Strain after a min.
  3. After a min, pass through a sieve. Add Mint leaves and let the tea come down to room temperature
  4. Remove the mint leaves.
  5. Add lemon Juice (2½ tbsp) and mix well.
  6. Keep the bowl aside, and let's do the fun part. Pour Iced tea in a Ice-tray to make some ice-cubes. Put in some mint leaves.
  7. Put ice-tray in freezer section and put iced-tea in refrigerator.
  8. Serving:
  9. Put lot of ice-cubes. Pour in Iced-Tea. Add lemon slices. Put some more Ice-cubes. Iced-Tea is ready to be served
  10. You can store Iced-Tea in a refrigerator. So, whenever you want to sip on some iced-tea, pour it in a glass put lots of ice and enjoy.
  11. Tip of the Day: How to extract more juice out from a lemon
  12. We often buy lemon in a large quantity during summers and store it in refrigerator. However, if we try to extract juice from lemon stored in refrigerator, it doesn't produce desired amount of juice.
  13. a) Place the lemon inside a microwave for 30 seconds on High Power
  14. b) You can also put the lemon inside warm water for 5 mins
  15. This makes the lemon soft and it will produce more amount of juice.
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/lemon-and-mint-iced-tea/