Peppermint Leaves Cordial Base

teas.co.uk · 15 min · Makes about 500ml

You'll need

• 6 Teapigs Peppermint Leaves tea temples
• 400ml water
• 250g caster sugar
• Juice of 1 lemon
• A small handful of fresh mint, optional, for extra lift

Method

1. Boil the water, let it stand 30 seconds off the boil, then pour over the 6 temples in a covered jug and steep 8 minutes. Covering and the slight cooling keep the menthol from boiling away.
2. Lift the temples out, pour the strong mint brew into a pan with the sugar, and stir over low heat just until the sugar dissolves; do not boil hard or you cook off the freshness.
3. Take off the heat, stir in the lemon juice and the optional fresh mint, and leave to infuse 10 minutes.
4. Strain and pour into a clean bottle.
5. For a hot cup, mix 1 part base with 4 parts just boiled water. Cooling soda: 1 part base, 4 parts cold soda. Also good drizzled over fruit salad or vanilla ice cream.
6. Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge; caffeine free, so good last thing at night.

Recipe: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/mint tea/peppermint leaves cordial base/