Iced Cucumber and Mint Cooler

teas.co.uk · 12 min · Serves 1

You'll need

• 2 Dalgety Soursop and Moringa tea bags
• 200ml freshly drawn water, brought to a true rolling boil
• 1 tablespoon of clear runny honey
• 1 half slice of fresh lime, for the rim
• 2 thin fresh cucumber rounds, for the ice
• 1 fresh mint sprig, for the glass
• 1 tall 400ml tumbler, chilled in the freezer for ten minutes
• Enough cubed ice to fill the tumbler (about 250g)
• 1 wide paper or metal straw

Method

1. Get a tall glass cold in the freezer first.
2. Two tea bags go into 200ml of freshly boiled water for six minutes; once they are out, sweeten the hot cucumber cooler base with the honey.
3. Cool the sweetened tea down by sitting the jug in a bowl of cold water.
4. Lightly bruise a couple of cucumber rounds and drop them into the base of the chilled glass.
5. Fill the glass with ice, then pour the cooled tea over the top.
6. Stand a sprig of mint in the ice and hook a half slice of lime on the rim.
7. Bruising the cucumber first is worth it; it releases far more of that fresh, green scent into the glass.

Recipe: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/iced tea/iced cucumber and mint cooler/