Ice Tea
Makes enough for: 4 glasses
Ingredients
basic ice tea
- 500 mls boiling water
- 5 rooibos tea bags
- honey to sweeten
- 500 mls ice cold water
for pomegranate ice tea
- 500 mls boiling water
- 5 rooibos tea bags
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 pomegranate, cut in half
- 1 lime, zest and juice
- 2 sprigs mint, lightly bruised
- honey to sweeten
- 500 mls ice cold water
Method
basic ice tea
- Pour the boiling water into a jug and add the tea bags
- Steep for 5 minutes before discarding the tea bags
- Sweeten to taste with honey
- Add the ice cold water
for pomegranate ice tea
- Pour the boiling water into a jug and add the tea bags
- Add the cinnamon stick
- Steep for 5 minutes before discarding the tea bags
- Add the arils from one half of the pomegranate, and the juice from the other half
- Add the lime juice and zest and the mint
- Sweeten to taste with honey
- Add the ice cold water
for ice tea
- leave to chill before serving and keep in the fridge