Name: Green Tea Granita (Italian Cafe Style)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 tea bags of True English Tea Everyday Green Tea; 400ml just-off-boil water cooled to about 80C (boil, then rest the kettle for roughly 90 seconds); 60g caster sugar; Juice of half a lemon

Granita is the flaky Italian cafe ice, and Green Tea makes a lovely one. You build it on a strong brew of the everyday green, sweeten it lightly, sharpen it with lemon, then freeze it in a shallow tub, scraping it through with a fork as it sets so it turns to soft icy crystals rather than a solid block.

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It serves four and is dairy free. Brew it strong but still at 80C so the base does not turn bitter.

⏱ 15 min plus freezing 🍽 Serves 4 📊 Easy 📚 Green Tea Recipes

You'll need

3 tea bags of True English Tea Everyday Green Tea
400ml just off boil water cooled to about 80C (boil, then rest the kettle for roughly 90 seconds)
60g caster sugar
Juice of half a lemon

Method

Rest the boiled kettle for about 90 seconds, then steep three bags in 400ml of roughly 80C water for 4 minutes. Lift the bags out without squeezing.
Stir the sugar into the hot tea until dissolved, then add the lemon juice. Cool completely.
Pour into a shallow freezer tub and freeze. After about an hour, scrape through with a fork, then repeat every 30 to 40 minutes for 3 to 4 hours until you have light, icy flakes.
Fork through once more and spoon into glasses.
Scrape more often near the end for finer flakes, or less for a chunkier, slushier texture.

What you'll end up with: A glassful of soft green tea ice, barely sweet and sharp with lemon, just right at the end of a hot day.

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True English Tea (T.E.T) Everyday Green Tea, 20 Tea Bags 35g£7.50