Cucumber-Mint Iced Tea

Another post on Iced tea is here. It is quite hot here and I just loved having Iced tea the day before. So today I just thought of trying it with a different combination. Cucumbers and Mint are a lovely combination! Cucumbers have 95 percent water and hence keeps the body hydrated.

The cucumber, mint and lemon makes the tea taste so refreshing and bright! The best way to Beat the Heat! Hope you like it.

Serves - 3

Preparation Time - 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Water - 2 Cups

Cucumber - 1/2

Honey - 1/4 Cup

Mint Leaves - 10

Black Tea Powder - 2 Tbsp (or) Black Tea Bag - 2

Lemon Juice - 1 Tsp

Ice cubes (optional)

Slice the cucumber into thin slices. You can peel it or slice cucumber with the peels on.

Squeeze the lemon to get the juice.

Take the amount of water in a vessel and boil it. You can use the microwave to heat the water or you can boil it on the stove top.

Add the Black Tea powder and mint leaves.

Add the sliced cucumber, honey and lime juice.

Close the lid and keep it for 10 minutes.

The flavor will seep through the water. This is the stage at which the aroma is created.

Strain the Tea to remove the cucumber slices and mint leaves.

Discard it. Now we get the tea concentrate.

Refrigerate it till well cooled or for 1 hour.

To serve take a glass. It would be good if you place the glass for a 15 minutes in the refrigerator so that the glass also gets cooled.

Add few ice cubes, mint leaves and sliced cucumber.

Now pour the cooled tea in the glass. Enjoy the Iced tea.

Must tell you, it was so refreshing having the tea in this hot climate. So, do try it out!