The recipes you will find in this article will allow you to prepare excellent lemon tea both hot and cold to cool you down on hot days, but also to warm up or soothe your stomach in winter or when you happen to feel unwell. The taste of lemon adds to the already pleasant taste of the variety of tea you like best. If you don't want to take theine, as it stimulates the nervous system, you can make a lemon juice drink.
Ingrediants
Hot Lemon Tea (ingredients for 6 cups)
- 1 tablespoon of black leaf tea or 2 sachets
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 tablespoons of extra-fine sugar (or the equivalent amount of stevia)
- 1.5 liters of water
- Extra lemon slices for decoration (optional)
Lemon Flavored Water
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 250 ml of water
- Sweetener of your choice (sugar, stevia, etc.)
Lemon Iced Tea
- Tea leaves (choose the variety you prefer)
- 1 lemon
- Ice cubes made with lemon tea
- Boiling water
- Sugar
Iced Tea with Boiled Lemon
- 3 lemon slices
- 2 black tea bags
- Small saucepan
- Boiling water
- Ice
Steps
Method 1 of 4: Hot Lemon Tea
Step 1. Prepare a large teapot
Alternatively, you can use a French coffee maker. Just make sure it's big enough to hold one and a half liters of water.
Step 2. Place the leaves or tea bags in the teapot
Distribute them evenly on the bottom before adding the lemon slices and sugar. You can vary the amount of sugar to taste, according to your personal tastes, to drink more or less sweet tea.
If you like cinnamon, you can add a stick or two. It is an optional ingredient, but with a pungent and delicious taste
Step 3. Add the water to the teapot
Pour it over the ingredients you placed on the bottom.
Step 4. Leave the tea to infuse
It only takes five minutes for the lemon tea to be ready.
Step 5. Strain the tea through a colander when it's time to pour it into the cups
If you prefer, you can use glasses.
Step 6. Decorate the cups with lemon slices before serving the tea
It is not mandatory, but it will make it pleasing to the eye as well as to the smell and the palate.
Step 7. Serve it immediately if you intend to drink it hot
If, on the other hand, you prefer to let it cool, wait for it to reach room temperature by leaving it in the teapot before putting it in the refrigerator.
Method 2 of 4: Lemon Flavored Water
This hot drink is great and healthy and can be drunk the same way as tea.
Step 1. Boil the water
Bring it to a boil in an electric kettle or saucepan using the stove.
If you intend to use the stove, pour the water into a saucepan, then heat it over medium-high heat. When it reaches a boil, move the pot away from the hot stove
Step 2. Add the lemon juice
Pour two tablespoons into the boiling water. You can use freshly squeezed lemon juice or buy ready-made lemon juice at the supermarket. In both cases it will bring a pleasant taste to the herbal tea and numerous benefits to your health.
Step 3. Add sugar or another sweetener of your choice
Use two tablespoons or the amount of your choice, depending on your personal taste. In most cases, the chosen ingredient will sweeten the herbal tea, but will not bring any health benefits.
- The quantity of two tablespoons is just a suggestion, you can vary the dose according to your preferences.
- If you want to increase the positive effects of the herbal tea, sweeten it using honey or stevia.
Step 4. Finished
Method 3 of 4: Lemon Iced Tea
Step 1. Boil the water
Step 2. Place the tea leaves in the infuser to prevent them from dripping into the water
Immerse the infuser in boiling water and let the leaves steep for 10-15 minutes.
Step 3. Squeeze one or more fresh lemons
Pour the juice directly into the tea.
Step 4. Mix carefully
At this point you can easily remove the tea leaves from the water by removing the infuser from the teapot.
Step 5. Sugar the tea to taste
The dose depends on the amount of water and your personal tastes. You can also use a different sweetener if you prefer.
Step 6. Stir again to dissolve the sugar
Let the tea cool completely before serving.
Step 7. Pour the iced tea into the glasses
Add several ice cubes to further cool it and keep it cold for a long time.
Step 8. Pair your tea with something good
For example, you can serve it with a slice of cake or biscuits.
Method 4 of 4: Boiled Lemon Iced Tea
Step 1. Bring 300ml of water to a boil
If you used an electric kettle, when the water boils, pour it into a saucepan.
Step 2. Keep the boiling water on the stove
Step 3. Add two tea bags of your choice
Step 4. Leave them to infuse for about a minute
Step 5. Take the teabags out of the water and sweeten the tea to taste
Step 6. Stir to dissolve the sugar
Step 7. Reduce the heat
Cover the saucepan with a lid.
Step 8. Get a very large glass
You will need to fill it halfway with ice cubes so it is important that it is large.
Step 9. Raise the heat again to bring the tea back to a boil
Add the lemon slices to the pot.
Step 10. Let the tea boil for a minute, then remove the saucepan from the stove and wait for the lemon tea to cool completely before serving
Step 11. Put the ice cubes in the glass and then pour the tea
Serve it immediately.
Advice
- Add some ginger to add flavor to the drink and benefit from its many properties.
- If you want, you can let the hot tea or herbal tea cool down and then add some ice cubes to serve them cold in the summer.
- If you don't want to use sugar, you have many other options available to sweeten your tea, for example, honey, stevia or maple syrup.
