Iced tea

Make up a jug of refreshing iced tea to serve on summer days. With a subtle tea flavour, oranges, lemons and mint, it's an excellent alcohol-free party drink

  • Prep:5 mins
    Plus infusing and chilling
  • Serves 6
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 50
  • fat 0g
  • saturates 0g
  • carbs 12g
  • sugars 11g
  • fibre 1g
  • protein 1g
  • salt 0g

Ingredients

  • 6 tea bags
  • 2 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp runny honey, plus extra to serve
  • 2 lemons, 1 juiced, 1 sliced
  • 1 orange, sliced
  • small bunch mint, leaves picked
  • ice

Tip

Adjusting flavour

Tea bags can vary in flavour and bitterness, so serving your iced tea with extra honey allows guests to adjust the sweetness to their taste.

MPU 2

Method

  1. Put the tea bags, sugar, honey and 1.5 litres water in a large jug. Leave to infuse for 10 mins, then remove and discard the tea bags. Chill until ready to serve.

  2. Stir in the lemon juice, lemon slices, orange slices and mint leaves. Fill the jug with plenty of ice and stir again. 

  3. Fill tall glasses with ice and pour over the iced tea, then serve with extra honey to taste. 

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