Iced tea with cucumber and mint

Votes: 1

Time: 30 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 8

Invigorating green tea becomes a wonderfully refreshing summer drink when you add cucumbers, fresh mint, and plenty of ice. Sweeten the tea with honey for maximum health benefits, and serve it in a pitcher at your next family gathering.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

4 bags of green tea
1 cup mint leaves + 12 sprigs for garnish
1 cucumber, unpeeled, cut into 0.3 cm thick circles.
1/4 cup honey

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat and add the tea bags, mint leaves, and half of the cucumber slices. Cover and let steep until the liquid has cooled completely, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine honey with 1/4 cup hot water in a measuring cup. Stir until the honey dissolves.

Fill a large glass pitcher with ice, add 4 sprigs of mint and a few cucumber slices. Strain the cooled tea into the pitcher and discard the mint and cucumber slices. Add the honey mixture and 4 cups of water and stir.
To serve, pour the tea into tall glasses filled with ice. Garnish each serving with a few mint leaves and a couple of cucumber slices.

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