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Hot Lemon Mint Green Tea with Honey

A bright, gently sweet green tea with fresh lemon, cooling mint and a light floral honey finish, clear and smooth with no milk.

Hot Lemon Mint Green Tea with Honey

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (470 ml)460 gBrewed green teafreshly brewed and hot
  • 2 tbsp30 gLemon juicefreshly squeezed
  • 1 tsp2 gLemon zestcut into wide strips if possible
  • 1 tbsp chopped6 gFresh mintleaves, lightly bruised
  • 1 tbsp20 gHoney

Steps

  1. Brew the green tea and keep it hot.
  2. Pour the hot green tea into a small pot, add the lemon zest and the mint, and warm over low heat until steaming but not boiling, about 3 minutes.
  3. Turn off the heat and let the lemon zest and mint steep in the tea for 2 minutes more.
  4. Stir in the honey until dissolved, then stir in the lemon juice.
  5. Strain into two mugs, discarding the lemon zest and mint, and serve hot.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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