Iced green tea & cucumber sipper
Summer is here! Start off with this refreshing Iced green tea & cucumber sipper drink.
PREP TIME 5 min + refrigeration | MAKES 1 litre
INGREDIENTS
- 2 green tea bags
- 1 tbsp honey
- Crushed ice
- ½ cup cucumber juice
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- ½ cup mint leaves
- 1 mini cucumber, sliced into ribbons
- ½ pink lady apple, thinly sliced
METHOD
PLACE tea bags and 3 ½ cups boiling water in a heatproof jug and brew for 5 minutes. Discard tea bags.
STIR in honey until dissolved. Refrigerate the tea until chilled.
WHEN ready to serve, half-fill a large jug with ice, then add cucumber juice, lime juice, mint, cucumber ribbons, apple and chilled tea. Stir to combine and serve.
FOOD TEAM TIP: You will need to juice about 260 g cucumber to get ½ cup juice. If you don’t have a juicer, use a blender, then strain the mixture through a fine sieve.
Iced green tea & cucumber sipper
Ingredients
- 2 green tea bags
- 1 tbsp honey
- Crushed ice
- ½ cup cucumber juice
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- ½ cup mint leaves
- 1 mini cucumber, sliced into ribbons
- ½ pink lady apple, thinly sliced
Instructions
Place tea bags and 3 ½ cups boiling water in a heatproof jug and brew for 5 minutes. Discard tea bags.
Stir in honey until dissolved. Refrigerate the tea until chilled.
When ready to serve, half-fill a large jug with ice, then add cucumber juice, lime juice, mint, cucumber ribbons, apple and chilled tea. Stir to combine and serve.
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