Name: Cucumber Mint Iced Tea
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 to 6 black or green tea bags; 6 cups water; ½ cup honey, or to taste; 1 big bunch fresh mint, plus sprigs to garnish; 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced; Juice of 2 lemons; Ice

Drinks

Cucumber Mint Iced Tea

Prep: 10

Cook: 5

Total: 15m

A cooling cucumber mint iced tea brewed in one pot, sweetened with mint right in the tea. Make-ahead, garden-fresh, and endlessly refreshing all summer.

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Ingredients

4 to 6 black or green tea bags
6 cups water
½ cup honey, or to taste
1 big bunch fresh mint, plus sprigs to garnish
1 English cucumber, thinly sliced
Juice of 2 lemons
Ice

Instructions

Bring 6 cups of water to a boil, then remove from the heat. Add the tea bags and a generous handful of mint and steep 4 to 5 minutes, pulling the tea bags at 5 minutes. Leave the mint a few minutes longer for a stronger mint flavor.
While the tea is still hot, stir in the sugar until fully dissolved. Strain out the mint.
Stir in the lemon juice. Cool, then chill.
Serve over ice with cucumber slices and fresh mint sprigs added just before serving.

Notes

Sweeten while the tea is hot so the sugar dissolves completely.
Add the cucumber cold, at the end, so it stays crisp.
The tea base keeps 3 to 4 days in the fridge.

Find it online: https://carmeninthegarden.com/cucumber-mint-iced-tea/