Iced Ginger Tea With Lemon And Cloves Recipes

GINGER LEMON ICED TEA

Steps:

• Boil 1 liter of water and pour into a heat resistant mug, add in 4 bags of black tea.
• Add in the zest* of one lemon, grate a knob of ginger and add two sprigs of mint. Muddle it a bit to release the juices. If you don't want such a strong ginger flavor, just don't grate it and slice it instead.
• When lukewarm - add in honey and juice of one lemon. Remove the tea bags. Stir and give it a taste. Adjust amount of honey to your own liking.**
• Run the iced tea through a sift to remove all zest and ginger pieces. Set in the refrigerator until it's cold. Serve with lemon slices, mint sprigs and ice cubes.

SPICED ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour boiling water into a heat-proof pitcher. Add the tea bags, cinnamon, cloves and sugar substitute; steep tea for 15 minutes., Discard the tea bags, cinnamon and cloves. Pour tea over ice in glasses; garnish with mint and lemon.

ICED GINGER TEA WITH LEMON AND CLOVES

Steps:

• Purée ginger with 1/4 cup boiling-hot water in a food processor, then stir together with cloves and remaining 4 3/4 cups boiling-hot water in a large glass or stainless-steel bowl. Let stand, uncovered, at room temperature 2 hours.
• Set a sieve lined with 4 layers of rinsed and squeezed cheesecloth over another large bowl. Pour ginger mixture into sieve, then gather up edges of cheesecloth and squeeze to extract as much liquid as possible into bowl. Discard solids, reserving cheesecloth in sieve.
• Stir in 4 cups room-temperature water and lemon juice, then let stand at room temperature 1 hour (to allow sediment to settle). Ladle or pour ginger tea through sieve lined with cheesecloth, leaving any sediment at bottom of bowl. Add sugar and remaining 2 cups room-temperature water, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Chill in a pitcher until cold, about 2 hours. Serve over ice.