{ "id": 1011184, "title": "Iced Mint Lemonade", "slug": "iced-mint-lemonade", "type": "page", "url": "https://teas.co.uk/recipes/mocktails/iced-mint-lemonade/", "modified": "2026-04-19T15:53:00+01:00", "excerpt": "Iced mint lemonade with Dragonfly Three Mint Medley concentrate, fresh lemon juice, lemon-zest syrup and ice.", "content_text": "A jug of mint lemonade for a hot afternoon, built from a strong brew of Dragonfly Organic Three Mint Medley, fresh lemon juice and a quick lemon-zest syrup. It is the sort of thing to make ahead and keep cold, then pour over ice as people drift through the kitchen.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Iced Mint Lemonade recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/mocktails/iced-mint-lemonade/The one detail worth bothering with is putting the lemon zest into the syrup. Sugar and juice on their own tend to taste a bit flat, whereas the oils from the zest round the whole thing out and give it real depth. Make a little extra syrup and it keeps in the fridge for the next jug.", "recipe_contract": { "id": "recipe_1011184", "slug": "iced-mint-lemonade", "canonical_url": "https://teas.co.uk/recipes/mocktails/iced-mint-lemonade/", "citation_slug": "iced-mint-lemonade", "recipe_type": "tea-mocktails", "required_teas": [ { "product_id": 3222, "slug": "dragonfly-organic-three-mint-medley-40-tea-bags-100g", "name": "Dragonfly Organic Three Mint Medley, 40 Tea Bags 100g", "role": "primary", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/dragonfly-organic-three-mint-medley-40-tea-bags-100g/", "reason": "Primary tea mapped as required for this recipe.", "confidence": "high" } ], "optional_teas": [ { "product_id": 901, "slug": "tetley-peppermint-20-tea-bags-32g", "name": "Tetley Peppermint, 20 Tea Bags 32g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/tetley-peppermint-20-tea-bags-32g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "product_id": 1095, "slug": "lift-instant-lemon-black-tea-165g", "name": "Lift Instant Lemon Black Tea, 165g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/lift-instant-lemon-black-tea-165g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "product_id": 6021, "slug": "tropical-sun-sorrel-and-ginger-20-tea-bags-40g", "name": "Tropical Sun Sorrel and Ginger, 20 Tea Bags 40g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/tropical-sun-sorrel-and-ginger-20-tea-bags-40g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" } ], "related_wiki_topics": [ "https://teas.co.uk/wiki/peppermint-tea/" ], "action_policy": { "recipe_page": "content_read", "product_links": "content_read", "buy_cards": "recommendation_card", "purchase_intent": "requires_explicit_human_confirmation", "cart_mutation": "blocked_for_agents" }, "schema_policy": { "emit_recipe_schema_when_method_and_ingredients_exist": true, "do_not_invent_ingredients": true, "map_required_teas_to_products": true }, "provenance": [ { "source": "wordpress_recipe_post_meta", "source_meta": "_tr_*", "post_id": 1011184, "product_id": 3222, "source_pid": 3222, "modified_at": "2026-04-19T15:53:00+00:00" } ], "render_fields": { "prep": "15 min", "serves": "Serves 4", "difficulty": "Easy", "ingredients": [ "3 Dragonfly Organic Three Mint Medley pyramid bags", "300ml freshly drawn water, boiled and left to stand 30 seconds", "4 large unwaxed lemons (you need both the zest of one and the juice of all four)", "80g golden caster sugar", "80ml just-boiled water (for the syrup)", "400ml well-chilled still water", "Plenty of cubed ice for the jug and the serving glasses", "A small bunch of fresh mint, for the sprig garnish", "1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds, to garnish", "A small handful of raspberries, to float (optional)" ], "method": [ "Start with the syrup. Grate the zest of one lemon straight into a small pan, add the sugar and the 80ml of just-boiled water.", "Set over a medium heat and stir for a couple of minutes until the sugar dissolves and the syrup is clear. Take it off the heat and leave to cool, letting the zest steep as it goes.", "Meanwhile, put the three mint bags in a small heatproof jug, pour over the 300ml of water (boiled and left to stand thirty seconds), cover and steep for eight minutes.", "Lift out the bags, pressing each against the side, and discard. Slide the jug into the freezer for ten minutes to cool it quickly.", "Juice all four lemons through a sieve to catch the pips; you should have around 120ml.", "In a large jug, combine the chilled mint brew, the lemon juice, the cooled syrup (strained to remove the zest), the chilled still water and a good handful of ice. Stir well.", "Taste and adjust: a little more sugar if it is too sharp, a squeeze more lemon if it is too sweet.", "Fill four tall glasses with ice, pour the lemonade over, and add a mint sprig and a lemon slice or two to each.", "Float a few raspberries on top if you like, and serve at once with long straws." ], "outcome": "A clear amber-yellow lemonade over plenty of ice, with mint sprigs and lemon slices: sharp fresh juice up front, layered mint through the middle, and a rounded lemon-zest depth to finish.", "product_id": 3222, "cross_product_ids": [ 901, 1095, 6021 ], "wiki": "https://teas.co.uk/wiki/peppermint-tea/", "news": "https://teas.co.uk/news/", "source_pid": 3222 }, "contract_version": "2026-06-18.five-token-staging-p2", "source_hash": "a32c4c850ffade458032f22464a321e8946d59508b349e4413eb4cea793a2ab7" }, "contentSignals": "ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes", "links": { "apiCatalog": "https://teas.co.uk/.well-known/api-catalog", "llmsTxt": "https://teas.co.uk/llms.txt", "mcpCard": "https://teas.co.uk/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json", "primaryAgenticRouteAuthority": "https://teas.co.uk/.well-known/teas-primary-agentic-route-authority.json" } }