Ginger Free Lemon-Basil Mint Green Tea
This bright, herby iced tea is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you've got your life together — fresh, fragrant, and genuinely refreshing. Green tea forms the base, steeped at a careful low temperature to keep it smooth and golden rather than bitter, while fresh mint and basil leaves add a layered, garden-fresh aroma that no bottled tea can replicate. Raw honey and a generous squeeze of real lemon juice round everything out with just the right balance of floral sweetness and citrus zing. So many flavored teas and wellness drinks sneak in ginger as a default ingredient, but every element here is clean and straightforward — nothing hidden, nothing sharp or spicy. It's a genuinely easy recipe to pull off: steep, strain, sweeten, chill, and pour over ice. Lemon slices floating in the glass make it look like something you'd order at a nice café, but it comes together right in your own kitchen with ingredients that are easy to find and simple to trust.
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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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