Fresh Mint and Lime Cordial
Green tea and fresh mint cooked down gently with lime into a bright syrup, topped with soda for a virgin mojito over ice.
This makes a virgin mojito you can keep in the fridge. Green Tea and fresh mint are brewed together, then cooked down gently with sugar and lime into a bright, herby syrup you top with sparkling water whenever you fancy one.
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Brewing the green tea cool, and not boiling it hard later, keeps it from turning bitter, and the extra fresh mint gives it far more lift than the tea alone. One part to four parts soda over plenty of ice, with more mint if you have it.
You'll need
- 4 tea bags of Lipton Green Mint Tea
- 500ml freshly drawn water cooled to 80C
- 200g caster sugar
- 6 fresh mint leaves, lightly crushed
- 40ml fresh lime juice
- 1 medium saucepan
- 1 fine sieve for straining
- 1 sterilised 500ml glass bottle with cap
- 1 saucer for covering the steep
Method
- Brew the four tea bags and six crushed mint leaves in 500ml of water cooled to about 80C for four minutes, covered.
- Lift out the bags, leaving the mint in, and press gently.
- Tip the brew and mint into a pan with the sugar and lime juice.
- Warm gently for ten minutes, stirring until the sugar dissolves; keep it below a hard boil so the green tea stays sweet, not bitter.
- Strain through a fine sieve into a jug.
- Pour into a sterilised bottle while still warm, seal and chill.
- To serve, mix one part cordial with four parts soda water over ice, with fresh mint.
- Tip: keep refrigerated and use within two weeks; a wedge of lime in the glass freshens it further.
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Brewed with: Lipton Green Mint Tea, 20 Tea Bags 32g
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