Iced Mint Tea
Mint is my favorite herb and until recently I didn’t know that I can grow it myself. I usually buy mint from the grocery store. When my mother in law visited us last winter she took few thick mint stems (after using the leaves for cooking) and potted it. Both my husband and myself couldn’t believe our eyes when it started growing small leaves. Initially it took sometime to grow but later it started leafing rapidly. One week I completely forgot about watering it. Because it was winter we had the pot indoors and we got the bulb which is available for indoor plants and we forgot to switch it on also. When one of our friends were visiting my husband was boasting about our mint plant and then only I really remembered about it and when we checked, the plant had dried out completely. I was so upset, but without losing heart I started watering it again and to our surprise it started growing.
Time was running out and I was wondering what to prepare with mint and finally found a recipe for Iced Mint Tea in a tamil magazine. The tea was very tasty and another reason which made me happy was the fact that I was able to use the mint from my own plant.
Water - 2 cups
Tea powder - 2 teaspoons
Ginger, grated - 1 small piece
Sugar - 3 teaspoons or as per your taste
Lemon juice - 2 tablespoons
Mint, finely chopped - 10 leaves
1. Boil water in a saucepan.
2. Add the tea powder.
3. Grate the ginger root and let it boil for another 5 minutes.
5. Let it simmer for another 2 minutes.
6. Filter the tea.
8, Then add the mint leaves and chill it in the refrigerator.
9. Serve it cold.
1. Above I have reproduced the recipe as it is in the magazine. I followed the recipe and found that the tea was little bitter to my taste. So I added a couple more teaspoons of sugar.
2. The tea tastes good even when it is hot, but is excellent when it’s cold.
3. Check out the health benefits of mint here
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Tags: ginger, iced tea, lemon, mint, mint tea, sugar, tea, tea powder
July 14th, 2008 at 7:46 am
the mint tea looks refreshing! the pic is awesome!!
madhu, theres something for u on my blog!
July 14th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Lovely minty tea..Parathas sound good too!!
July 14th, 2008 at 10:10 am
The pic is a proof of the lovely refresher!!!
July 14th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Looks lovely dear , I need quite a few beverages to beat the heat here… Thanks for participating and love to arjun !
July 14th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Mint and ginger are always so happy together, sounds like a really refreshing drink.
July 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Hummm refreshing drink, and great combo of ginger and mint!!!
July 14th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Very refreshingindeed. love the pic
July 14th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
refreshing tea! Love the use of tabs.
July 14th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Madhuram,
I liked the change that you have made to the site ( the ifood style tabs )
Being a major fan of tea, I love all kinds. Mint tea really is refreshing and a very easy, breezy one. But I have to be honest. I have never tried combination of mint and ginger. I have both at home and will try it today afternoon. I will be trying the hot tea. Summer or winter, I have to have hot chai in the afternoon
July 14th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
never knew how t o prepare mint tea….thanks for sharing dear…..
July 14th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Mint is one my fav herbs too. The drink looks very refreshing!
July 14th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Thanks for this cool drink madhu.Though i am not a lover of mint,the picture is tempting me try this.
July 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Love mint tea , looks so cool
July 14th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Mind is my favorite herb too and it is perfect for hot summer days. Thank you for sharing!
July 14th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Excellent drink, looks very refreshing. I love the step-by-step description and snaps. Great going here!
July 15th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Thank you very much girls. Do try this cool drink this summer.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:26 am
This motivates me to grow mint plants too Madhu..And the tea sure looks refreshing..
July 15th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Lovely! I wish I could have a sip of your picture.
July 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Um, that looks so refreshing.
July 15th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Looking very delicious dear. perfect drink.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Its been a long while since I came last!!!! Howz it going. I see you have some new changes in your site. Wonderful! Keep going
I havent yet tried my hand at growing herbs at home although I have been meaning to for a long while now. May be I shud start soon
The tea looks refreshing.:)
July 15th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Divya, you should try your hands on growing herbs, especially mint, because it’s easy maintenance. Morever the climate in your place is too good not to grow plants.
Bharti, sure anytime.
Cynthia, Bhawana thank you very much.
DK, yes it is. I guess you are busy with lot of baking and office work
The changes were my husband’s idea. You should start growing atleast mint DK. It’s very easy.
July 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I know this but never tried at home… fantastic photography
July 16th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Looks very refreshing Madhu, nice pic too