Mint-Citrus Tea
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- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
--4 tea bags (I prefer black jasmine tea)--citrus--about 6 limes, 4-5 lemons, 2-3 oranges, or 1 grapefruit, or any combination--fresh mint leaves (you can vary the amount--I like about 1/2 cup of them)--1/3 cup sugar, or to taste--ice and water to fill up a 2-quart pitcher
1. Boil 3 cups of water. Steep the tea bags and the mint in the hot water, but remove the tea bags after 5 minutes. Add the sugar to the water to dissolve. Leave the mint steeping about 15-20 minutes. (More if desired.)
2. Zest the citrus. I liked about a tsp. of lime zest, but experiment with amounts.
3. Juice the citrus.
4. Strain the mint/tea/sugar mixture into a pitcher. Add the citrus and zest, and water and ice to fill the pitcher. Stir and serve.
Serving Size: Makes 8 1-cup servings.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TRUEINDIGO.
2. Zest the citrus. I liked about a tsp. of lime zest, but experiment with amounts.
3. Juice the citrus.
4. Strain the mint/tea/sugar mixture into a pitcher. Add the citrus and zest, and water and ice to fill the pitcher. Stir and serve.
Serving Size: Makes 8 1-cup servings.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TRUEINDIGO.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 34.5
- Total Fat: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 1.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 9.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 6.1 g
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