Description
Lemon Iced Tea is a perfect cool and easy refreshing summer drink made using simple ingredients in a couple of minutes. So let’s see how to make lemon iced tea at home.
Scale
Ingredients
- 5 cups water
- 2 tablespoons black tea leaves or powder
- ½ cup sugar or honey
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice or as required
- Ice cubes as required
- Lemon slices for garnish (optional)
- Few mint leaves
Instructions
- Add water in a saucepan.
- Heat on a medium flame until it just comes to boil. heat on a medium flame.
- Once the water comes to a boil, add black tea leaves or powder, sugar and mix well.
- Once the water comes to a boil, turn off the flame. Add lemon juice and stir well.
- Strain the lemon tea in a glass jar and let it cool at room temperature.
- While serving, add ice cubes and pour the lemon ice tea in the glass.
- Garnish with lemon slice or sprig of mint leaves.
- Serve chilled lemon ice tea.
Notes
- Instead of using lemon juice, you can use any citrus fruit juice.
- Replace sugar with honey as per your taste preference.
- While serving, you can add less or more ice cubes as per your preference. Adding lemon slices while serving is optional.
- Fresh basil can also be added for garnish iced tea instead of using sprigs of mint leaves.
- Category: Beverages
- Cuisine: International
Keywords: Lemon Iced Tea Recipe, Easy Lemon Drink Recipe, How to make Iced Tea, Quick Summer Drink Recipe