Name: Iced Green Tea
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tea bags of Loyd Green Tea; 250ml water heated to 80C; 2 slices fresh lemon; Half a teaspoon runny honey; A handful of ice cubes; 1 350ml highball glass

Iced Green Tea is one of the easiest cold drinks to get right, as long as you brew the leaf cooler than you would for a hot cup. Loyd Green Tea made at around 80C stays soft and gently sweet; brew it on fully boiling water and the ice just locks the bitterness in.

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Sweeten lightly with honey while the tea is still warm so it dissolves, chill it, then pour over plenty of ice with a couple of lemon slices. That is the whole thing, and it beats anything that comes out of a bottle.

⏱ 15 min 🍽 Serves 1 📊 Easy 📚 Iced Tea Recipes

You'll need

2 tea bags of Loyd Green Tea
250ml water heated to 80C
2 slices fresh lemon
Half a teaspoon runny honey
A handful of ice cubes
1 350ml highball glass

Method

Let the just boiled water cool for a minute or so to about 80C, then steep the two bags for three minutes and lift them out.
Stir the honey into the warm tea, then cool to room temperature and chill for ten minutes.
Fill the glass with ice and tuck the lemon slices down the sides.
Pour the cold tea over the ice and serve at once with a long spoon.
Scaling up for a jug works at the same ratio; keep it in the fridge and add ice only as you pour, so it does not go watery.

What you'll end up with: A tall glass of pale gold green tea over ice, lemon slices tucked down the sides, clean and lightly sweet with a fresh citrus lift.

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Loyd Green Tea, 40 Tea Bags 76g£4.75