Cherry Mint Iced Tea
"I love cherry mint lemonade, so this tea sounds wonderful to me. A friend gave me this recipe to try. I hope you will enjoy."
photo by Outta Here
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 19.71 ml loose green tea leaves
- 10 sprig of fresh mint
- 1182.95 ml boiling water
- 118.29 ml white sugar
- 709.77 ml boiling water
- 157.80 ml lemon juice
- 78.78 ml cherry juice
- ice cube (2 trays fill glass)
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced (garnish)
directions
- Steep the loose tea and mint in the 5 cups of boiling water for 20 minutes.
- Strain the tea mixture and allow to cool on the counter till needed.
- Add the sugar to the remaining 3 cups of boiling water.
- Stir until the sugar is all dissolved.
- Pour the sugar water into a pitcher and place on the counter to cool.
- Once the sugar mixture has cooled add the fruit juices, followed by the tea mixture.
- Chill in the fridge, stir well and serve in a tall glass over ice.
- Garnish with a lemon slice.
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Reviews
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Very refreshing. I subbed 1/4 cup agave nectar for the sugar. As is, the flavor was great, but I am going to try it with the amounts of lemon juice and cherry juice reversed next time for a mor pronounced cherry flavor. Great use for the fresh mint in my garden. -
I did not use as much sugar as I dont like things too sweet, it was a delicious cooling drink on a hot, hot day - thanks for posting. -
This is great! I only have a small pitcher at home so I reduced some things. I boiled 3 packets of green tea and the mint leaves in 1.5 cups of water. I dissolved the sugar in 1 cup of water (I only used 1/2 cup of sugar because I don't like my tea too sweet). I used the same measurements for the cherry juice and lemon juice --- great!! Thisll definitely be in my rotation for homemade drinks. -
We love all the flavors in this tea so this was a easy recipe to rate. I used Juicy Juice cherry juice and bottled lemon juice. Did add more cherry juice for our taste and next time will try maraschino cherry juice. DH added a little more sugar but I enjoyed the bit of tart flavor. Will make this again! Made and reviewed for PIck a Chef Spring 2010. -
I scaled this down to serve 2 people and was happy with the results! A nice tea to sip throughout the day. Thanks!
Tweaks
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Very refreshing. I subbed 1/4 cup agave nectar for the sugar. As is, the flavor was great, but I am going to try it with the amounts of lemon juice and cherry juice reversed next time for a mor pronounced cherry flavor. Great use for the fresh mint in my garden.
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