When spring arrives and your garden is overflowing with fresh mint, you’ll want to prepare this mint tea recipe! it is Super fragrance, Seriously Easy, and a beautiful way to celebrate this vibrant herb. only 2 ingredients Essentials: Fresh mint and hot water – it doesn’t get any more minimal.
Enjoy hot as a soothing drink on a cold winter day or pour over ice for a cool, refreshing drink to sip long on all spring and summer! Make tea!
How to make fresh mint tea
If you’re thinking “Don’t you just combine fresh mint and boiling water and it’s mint tea?” Think again! It comes to use fresh Instead of mint dry, it will not be very tasty when prepared this way. Why? The drying process breaks down the herb’s cell walls, allowing more aromatic volatile oils to transfer into the water.
The A more flavorful fresh mint tea trick? Break the cell walls! We like to do this in a mortar and pestle, but in a pinch, you can also rub the leaves between your palms.
Continue until they are about half their original size.
You can then transfer to a jar, add boiling water and cover. This helps trap volatile oils while steeping, making for a more aromatic tea!
Finally, strain through a fine mesh strainer and enjoy hot or over ice.
We hope you will like this mint tea! This is:
refreshing
Minty
Cooling
comfortable
And so easy to make!
This is a great way to consume lots of fresh mint, cooling off on a hot summer day, or providing soothing support to the digestive system. Or, invite your herb-loving friends over for a tea party! Well, technically an herbal infusion or tisane party, but it doesn’t sound the same, does it?
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serving 2 (mug)
- 1 Cups are packed very loosely Fresh mint leaves
- 3 the cup boiling water
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Place the mint leaves in a mortar and pestle and mash until the leaves are roughly broken in half. Alternatively, rub the leaves between your palms until they all break up.
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Transfer the mint mixture to a heatproof jar and pour hot (boiling) water over it. Cover with a lid or small plate and let steep for 5 minutes.
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Strain the tea and serve hot or pour over ice. Will keep in the refrigerator for up to a week. You can pour it into an ice cube tray and transfer it to the freezer for longer storage.
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate with the fiber content removed as the leaves will be strained.
Worship: 1 the mug Calories: 9 Sugars: 1.9 g Protein: 0.5 g Fat: 0.1 g Saturated Fat: 0 g Polyunsaturated Fats: 0 g Monounsaturated fats: 0 g Trans fats: 0 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 4 mg Potassium: 73 mg Fiber: 0 g Sugar: 0 g Vitamin A: 90 IU Vitamin C: 4.1 mg Calcium: 31 mg Iron: 0.6 mg