Green tea sparkle recipe
Follow the Uruguayan tradition of passing round the Yerba mate – a rustic tea served in a hollowed-out gourd or china cup, which people drink from with a straw – and make your own sharing mocktail.
See method- Serves 6
- 30 mins to prepare
- 31 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 2.5cm (1in) piece root ginger, peeled and finely sliced
- thinly pared zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon
- 3 green tea bags
- 60g (2 1/2oz) clear honey
- ice
- 1.5 litre (2 1/2pts) sparkling water
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- Energy
- 135kJ 31.0kcal
- Fat
- 0g
- Saturates
- 0g
- Salt
- 0.1g
- Sugars
- 8g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 8.2gProtein 0.1gFibre 0.0g
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- Pare zest from the lemon. Put thegingerandlemonzest in a small pan with 600ml (1 pt) cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer, uncovered, for 5 mins.
- Put the tea bags in a heatproof jug and add the boiled ginger and lemon water. Leave for 4 mins and then remove and discard the tea bags, lemon zest and ginger.
- Stir in the honey and lemon juice and then leave to cool. Put a few ice cubes in 6 tall glasses a divide the tea mixture between them. Top up with sparkling water.
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