Nitrate & Nitrite Free Lemon-Basil Mint Green Tea

This herbal iced tea is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you're doing something genuinely good for yourself — bright, cooling, and layered with flavor from fresh mint, basil, and a squeeze of real lemon. Green tea steeped at the right temperature stays smooth and golden rather than bitter, and the raw honey dissolves in beautifully for a gentle sweetness that doesn't overpower the herbs. Every ingredient here is exactly what it says it is: whole, fresh, and completely free from the preservatives and cured-meat additives that people following a nitrate- and nitrite-free lifestyle are trying to avoid. Bottled teas and flavored drinks can be surprisingly tricky to vet, so making your own from scratch is the cleanest, most satisfying solution. The process is simple — steep, strain, sweeten, chill — and the result is a pitcher of something genuinely refreshing that you can feel confident serving to anyone at the table. Garnish with a few thin lemon slices over ice and it looks as good as it tastes.

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