Black Pepper Free Iced Green Tea with Mint & Ginger
This refreshing iced tea is everything you want on a warm day — bright, lightly sweet, and layered with the cool lift of mint and the gentle heat of fresh ginger. Green tea gets steeped at just the right temperature to keep it smooth and mellow, never bitter, while honey dissolves in to round out the flavors beautifully. It's the kind of drink that feels fancy enough for guests but comes together with almost no effort. For anyone navigating spice sensitivities, this recipe is naturally free of black pepper and relies entirely on whole, easy-to-verify ingredients — no blends, no seasoning packets, nothing hidden. The ginger adds just enough warmth and complexity without any of the sharp bite that can sneak into store-bought bottled teas or flavored syrups. A squeeze of lemon over the glass at the end ties everything together and makes it feel like something you'd order at a nice café. It's clean, it's cooling, and it's genuinely hard to stop at one glass.
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4 servings
- 4 cups water
- 4 green tea bags
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp honey
- 8 fresh mint leaves
- 2 cups ice cubes
For serving
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Bring 4 cups of water to 175°F (80°C) in a medium saucepan — just below a simmer, with small bubbles beginning to form at the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat.
- 2
Add the tea bags and sliced ginger to the hot water. Steep for 3 minutes, then remove and discard the tea bags. Do not steep longer, as the tea will turn bitter.
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