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Green Tea Lemonade
Written by CN   
Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Green Tea Lemonade or Lemonade Green Ice Tea (your choice)

 

This quick and easy drink is not only delicious but it’s suppose to be healthy too! It’s always a bonus to me when you get to make something at home yourself and it is cheaper and healthier AND better tasting than what you buy in the store.

 

Ingredients:

 

  • Fresh lemons: 4 – 5 will make a  2 quart jug
  • Green tea bags (any kind) 2 - 3
  • Honey or sugar (1 cup of sugar or ½ cup of honey)
  • Water and ice

 

Boil about 2 or 3 cups of water and add the tea bags. Let it sit (steep) for the recommended time on the box, usually a couple of minutes. If you let it sit too long it the flavor can get bitter. I use to let it steep for about an hour to get as much caffeine and antioxidants as I could out of the green tea but it tasted kind of crapy.

 

Once the tea is ready take out the bags and add the sugar or honey. It dissolves better when the tea is hot. Pour the sweetened tea into a jug and add  enough cold water to make about 2 quarts. Then add some ice to cool it off more.

 

Now squeeze the lemons and add to the tea. Don’t add the lemon juice to the hot tea as it won’t taste a good and will potentially denature the vitamin C in the lemon juice. If you are finicky and don’t like lemon pulp you can strain the lemon juice before adding it to the mix.

 

This drink also makes a good mix for Vodka. You can call them Hard Green Tea Lemonades…

 

 
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