As I have shared in my earlier post that my hubby likes Ice Tea to the core, and this Lemon Ice Tea being his all-time favorite after a fantastic and heavy meals. Beautifying my summer meals with a flavorful, aromatic and yummilicious Lemon Ice Tea.

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A very simple, easy and less time consumption summer drink, with a little piece of ginger for a kick to digestion. Let me share the recipe…

Taking this to Fiesta Friday #118 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

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Lemon Iced Tea

Ingredients:

• Lemon – 5 nos
• Sugar – 3 tbsp
• Tea powder – 3 tsp
• Ginger – 1 “inch stick – 2 pieces
• Cardamom – 1 no
• Mint – 2 sprigs

Preparation:

• Take 2 cups of water in a bowl, along with sugar, keep in medium flame and cover with the lid.
• Halve the lemon and squeeze out the juice, keep it aside.
• Wash and separate the 5 to 7 mint leaves from the sprig and keep it aside.
• Bring it to boil, once starts boiling crush the ginger and cardamom, add it to the boiling water along with the separated mint leaves.
• Cover and cook for 2 mins, remove from fire, add in the tea powder, cover with the lid and let it rest for a min.
• Filter the tea and keep it in a separate glass.
• Take a glass, drop a long sprig of mint, add in the ice cubes, pour in ½ cup of tea, 1 tbsp. of lemon juice and ¼ cup of water and garnish with lemon wedges.

Serve chilled.

Note: You can add increase or decrease the quantity of lemon juice and sugar, as per your taste buds.