Minty Iced Green Tea

This pleasant iced green tea uses mint ice cubes and a little lemon juice for added flavor. Make it with your favorite green tea, in bags or loose leaf. We like to make ours with loose leaf Japanese Sencha.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups water
• 4 green tea bags or 3 teaspoons loose leaf
• 1 tray ice cubes
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon stevia powder, or to taste
• 1 tray mint ice cubes*
• mint leaves to garnish, optional

Directions:

1. Bring water to a boil. Remove from heat, add tea bags or tea leaves. Let sit 10 minutes.
2. Pour the tea into a glass picture. Add the lemon, stevia, and regular ice cubes (not the mint ice cubes). Stir until the cubes dissolve and the tea is cold.
3. Add the mint ice cubes. Pour the tea into 8oz glasses, and if you like garnish each glass with a sprig of mint. Serve immediately.

Yield:
Makes 4 to 6 servings.

*Mint ice cubes are simply ice cubes with mint inside. To make them, add 1 to 3 fresh mint leaves in each section of an ice cube tray, pour in distilled or filtered water and freeze. Just before serving, add the cubes to a glass pitcher of iced tea or any cold beverage that you think might taste even better with a little mint.