# Homemade Lemon Tea Cordial

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## Summary

Strong lemon tea simmered into a keep-in-the-fridge syrup with sugar, lemon zest and juice, ready to dilute over ice.

## Description

A homemade cordial is a lovely way to stretch a flavoured tea right through the summer. You brew the lemon tea strong, then simmer it down with sugar, the zest of three lemons and a good squeeze of juice until it turns into a syrup that keeps happily in the fridge.

Source: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Homemade Lemon Tea Cordial recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/cocktails/homemade-lemon-tea-cordial/After that it is one part cordial to about four parts water, still or sparkling, over ice. The zest is what really makes it, carrying far more lemon oil and aroma than the juice on its own. Makes roughly 500ml, which works out at twenty good glasses.

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