High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Iced Green Tea with Mint & Ginger
Bottled teas and flavored drinks are some of the sneakiest places to find high fructose corn syrup hiding in plain sight, which makes having a go-to homemade version genuinely useful. This iced green tea is bright, refreshing, and layered with real flavor from fresh ginger, honey, and mint — nothing processed, nothing artificial. The trick to keeping the tea smooth and clean-tasting is pulling the bags at exactly three minutes and keeping the water just below a simmer, so you get all the grassy sweetness of green tea without any bitterness. Honey dissolves right into the warm liquid and adds a gentle floral sweetness that feels far more interesting than plain sugar. A short mint steep after that builds a cool, herbal note that makes every sip feel like something you'd pay too much for at a café. Strained, chilled, and poured over ice with an optional squeeze of lemon, this is the kind of drink that makes you wonder why you ever reached for a bottle in the first place.
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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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