Chicken Free Lemon-Basil Mint Green Tea
This herbal iced tea is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you've got your life together — bright, fragrant, and genuinely refreshing in a way that store-bought bottled teas never quite manage. Green tea forms the backbone, steeped at a careful low temperature to keep it smooth and golden rather than bitter, while fresh mint and basil layer in a cool, garden-fresh complexity that's surprisingly addictive. Raw honey and a generous squeeze of real lemon juice round everything out with just the right balance of floral sweetness and citrus zing. The whole process is beautifully straightforward: steep, strain, sweeten, and chill. Poured over ice with a few lemon slices floating on top, it looks as good as it tastes. It's the kind of thing you'll want to keep a pitcher of in the fridge all week long.
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4 servings
- 4 cups water
- 4 green tea bags
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- ½ cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed
- 3 tbsp raw honey
- 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice (from about 1–2 lemons)
For serving
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced (optional)
- ice, for serving
Instructions
- 1
Bring 4 cups of water to 175°F (80°C) in a small saucepan — just below a simmer, with small bubbles beginning to form at the bottom. Remove from heat.
- 2
Add the green tea bags, mint leaves, and basil leaves to the hot water. Steep for 4–5 minutes, until the tea is a clear golden-green and the herbs are fragrant. Do not steep longer, as the tea can turn bitter.
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