Tea Drink Recipes

Lemon Iced Tea

Ingredients:

-5 cups ice + more for serving

-1000 mL (4 cups) water

-60 mL (¼ cup) sugar

-5 black tea sachets

-Juice from 3 lemons + lemon slices for garnish

Instructions:

1. Use a citrus juicer to make juicing the lemons easier. Make sure to strain out the pulp and seeds. Set aside.

2. Bring 4 cups of water to a simmer and turn off heat. You can also use an electric kettle and set the water temperature to 180°F. Use filtered water if possible for the best tasting iced tea.

3. Put tea sachets into pitcher and add hot water. Steep for 5 minutes then discard tea sachets. Stir sugar into the hot tea until completely dissolved.

4. Add ice to pitcher and close with leakproof lid. Shake for 15 seconds. If you're using a leakproof pitcher, close the lid and turn the entire pitcher upside down then right side up 15 times.

5. Add lemon juice and shake. After pouring in the lemon juice, close the lid again and shake to fully incorporate the lemon juice with the iced tea.

6. Pour tea into cups with ice lined with lemon slices. Line the inside of the cups with 3 thin lemon slices then add the ice before pouring in the iced tea