Three-Citrus Iced Green Tea (Art Smith)

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Kitchen Life, Art Smith"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 8 green tea bags
• 2 seedless oranges
• 2 lemons
• 2 limes
• superfine sugar or Splenda granular
• of fresh mint, for garnish

directions

1. Bring 2 quarts water to a boil in a large pot; remove from heat and add the tea bags; steep 20 minutes.
2. Slice 1 orange, 1 lemon, and 1 lime into thin rounds.
3. Squeeze and strain the juice from the remaining orange, lemon, and lime.
4. Stir the citrus juices into the brewed tea.
5. Pour the tea into a pitcher and stir in the sugar/artificial sweetener to taste, until dissolved.
6. Stir in the citrus slices; refrigerate the tea until chilled, at least 2 hours.
7. Serve tea over ice, garnished with a mint sprig.

Reviews

[kitty.rock]

Glad I chose to make this recipe...DH was just the other day complaining about the "same old boring green tea" he always drinks...so I surprised him with this slightly different tart and tangy version. I made as written except I did not add any honey or sugar - we drink unsweet tea, which is very unusual for Southerners...LOL. We really enjoyed the citrus twist that this tea has and I will definitely make it again - DH really liked it. It's excellent when really iced up. Made for "Relax, chat, and sip some iced tea!!" tag in the Diabetic Forum.

 

[Diana P.]

I halved the recipe to see if we liked it. Glad I did. It was very weak tasting. I would double the number of tea bags. Citrus flavors are good but just tastes watered down. Brewing a cup of strong tea now (1 c water, 3 tea bags) to add to the tea I made to see if it helps. Since we drank a big glass this would almost be the equivalent to doubling the tea bags.