Summer Bliss: Green Tea Lemonade
Embrace summer wellness with this refreshing drink
Ready to kickstart your summer wellness journey?
Green tea lemonade is a refreshing elixir that nourishes your body and ignites summer bliss.
This revitalizing fusion of flavors is one of my favorite summertime go-to’s. It’s a thirst-quenching, delicious refresher perfect for picnics, cookouts, and just because. It’s kid-friendly too. It’s a beverage I can feel good about serving, and my kids love drinking.
Nutritional Powerhouse
Of course, there are lots of health benefits too. This tangy infusion is packed with antioxidants, which support your immune system and promote resilience.
Green tea has digestion-soothing properties and helps support weight management. And fresh-squeezed lemons offer you Vitamin C, which stimulates collagen, leaving you with a healthy and glowing complexion.
In addition, it offers you a slight energy boost without the crash, as green tea has a gentle caffeine content.
I hope you enjoy it!
Green Tea Lemonade Twist
This captivating refresher is a delightful fusion of tangy citrus and soothing green tea, creating harmonious flavors to awaken your taste buds and quench your summer thirst.
Serves: Approximately nine servings
Prep: 15–20 minutes
Cooling: 30 minutes
Ingredients
2–1/4 water (for green tea)
2 bags of green tea or 2 tsp loose tea
4–6 lemons, aiming for 1–1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice)
1/3–1/2 honey, agave, or maple syrup ( depending on your sweetness preference)
3 cups purified water
Instructions
Add water to a medium-sized pan and bring to a rolling boil.
Remove from heat and add in green tea bags or 2 tsp loose green tea.
Cover and let it steep for 2–4 minutes.
Remove the tea bags or strain with a fine-mesh sieve or a tea strainer.
Let cool to room temperature, or add ice cubes to speed the cooling process.
While that’s cooling, in a separate pitcher, prepare the lemonade by extracting juice from lemons to get approximately 1–1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Add honey, agave, or maple syrup.
Combine green tea, lemonade, and 3 cups of purified water in a large pitcher. Stir until thoroughly mixed.
Taste and adjust sweetness/tartness by adding more sweetener or lemon juice if desired.
Place in refrigerator to chill for an hour or until ready to serve.
Serve over ice and garnish with fruit or fresh mint leaves, if desired.
Notes
Add in mint leaves, strawberries, peaches, mango, or raspberries for an extra burst of mouthwatering flavor.
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