Celery Free Turmeric Green Iced Tea with Lemon
This golden, fragrant iced tea is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you're doing something genuinely good for yourself — and it tastes incredible while doing it. Earthy turmeric, warming ginger, a whisper of cinnamon, and a crack of black pepper come together in a spiced base that steeps right alongside green tea for a deeply layered, refreshing glass. Fresh lemon juice brightens everything up, and a touch of honey rounds out the flavors without making it cloying. The whole thing is naturally free of celery and any of its derivatives, so there's zero label-reading stress — just clean, whole ingredients you can trust. Straining the finished tea gives it a beautifully smooth texture, and chilling it over ice makes it the kind of thing you'll want to batch-make and keep in the fridge all week. It works as an afternoon pick-me-up, a dinner party mocktail, or honestly just something to sip slowly on a warm afternoon when you want something more interesting than plain water.
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4 servings
- 4 cups water
- 4 green tea bags
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp black pepper, freshly ground
- 2 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice (from about 1–2 lemons)
For serving
- ice, for serving
- lemon slices, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the water, turmeric, ginger slices, cinnamon, and black pepper in a medium saucepan. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat, then remove from the heat.
- 2
Add the green tea bags to the hot spiced water and steep for 3–4 minutes, until the tea is a deep golden-green. Remove and discard the tea bags — do not squeeze them, as this can make the tea bitter.
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