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Watermelon Mint Tea

Time to cool off from that summer heat with the most refreshing Watermelon mint tea. This delicious 5 ingredient and under 15-minute drink recipe is here to revitalize you from melting from this heat wave.
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 2 cups
Calories 140kcal
Author Takes Two Eggs

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Jasmine green tea
  • 2 tablespoon lime juice
  • 10 large mint leaves
  • 2 tablespoon honey
  • 2 cup fresh watermelon pureed

Instructions

  • Brew the Jasmine green tea in hot water for 4 minutes. Place in the refrigerator to cool.
  • Juice the lime juice and muddle the mint leaves. Smash the mint leaves in the lime juice by using a morter and pestle or a muddler. Then mix in 1 tbsp of honey. Strain into 2 cups to prevent the mint pieces from mixing in.
  • Puree the watermelon chunks in a blender or food processor. It should yield about 1 cup of pureed watermelon.
  • Serve. Using a fine-mesh sieve, strain 1/2 cup of pureed watermelon into the honey, mint, lime juice cup. Then pour and mix in 1/2 cup of jasmine green tea, add ice and serve.

Notes

  • Use cold ingredients. Nobody loves a lukewarm drink that is meant to be refreshing. Make sure to have all the ingredients chilled in the refrigerator before making this recipe.
  • This recipe makes 2 cups. You can double or triple the recipe if you want to make this for larger groups of people.
  • Make the watermelon puree using blender of food processor. This will allow you to have that perfectly smooth watermelon puree. You don't have to strain the watermelon if you like to keep the watermelon pieces in your drink.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 140kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 21mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 27g