The Best Iced Ginger & Mint Tea

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This refreshing ginger and mint tea is the perfect afternoon “pick me up” now that warmer weather is officially here. Cooling, sweet mint is accompanied by spicy, pungent ginger offering the ultimate yin and yang of flavors. Over ice, and topped with fresh mint, what could be better? Be sure to take a look at the steeping instructions for your mint tea bags, and follow accordingly. Mine says 10-12 minutes, so I opted for 10 to let the ginger flavor equally shine through. This flavorful and gut calming tea is the ultimate porch sipping, backyard BBQing, and catching up with old friends kind of drink. Cheers to ice tea season!

                                                    

The Best Iced Ginger & Mint Tea

Serves 4
Prep: 10 min
Steeping: 10 min
Cooling: 2 hours
Total: 2 hours 20 min  
Beginner

Ingredients:

5 cups water, boiling

4 peppermint tea bags

⅓ cup ginger, fresh and small diced 

⅓ cup honey 

Mint, fresh for garnish

Ice, for serving

  Method Of Prep:

  1. Gather and prep ingredients.
  2. Bring 5 cups of water to a boil. Place tea bags and ginger into a large glass bowl.
  3. Pour boiling water over tea bags and ginger. Let it steep for 10 minutes.
  4. Remove tea bags and ginger pieces. Discard tea bags, reserve ginger, and set them aside.
  5. Stir in the honey until it dissolves.
  6. Set up your high-speed blender with the standard blade attachment, or single-serve blender cup.
  7. Add in ginger and 2 tablespoons of the tea mixture. Blend until smooth.
  8. Strain the ginger mixture through a mesh strainer to collect the juice.
  9. Add ginger juice to the tea mixture.
  10. Place mixture into a large pitcher and refrigerate for 2 hours or until completely cooled.
  11. Add ice and mint leaves. Stir to evenly incorporate.
  12. Pour into glassware, serve immediately and enjoy!

                     

Nutrition Facts: 
Calories- 102 
Carbs- 26.9 g
Fat- 0.1 g
Protein- 0.4 g