Spicy Mint Tea

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This is a sassy mint tea. I hope that you will enjoy this wonderful treat. You can use different types of fresh mint in this tea if you like, chocolate mint would work really well.

by Baby Kato·published 2007-03-27

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Beverages

Servings

2 , 2 serving(s)

Total time

2h 5m

prep 5 min

Calories / serving

403 kcal

Ingredients (9)

serves

1 orange pekoe tea bagorange
6 large mint sprigs, large stems with large leaves (lightly crushed)mint
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepperpepper
2 cups boiling water, boilingwater
1 cup white sugar, whitesugar
1/2 cup lemon juice, fresh squeezedlemon-juice
1 cinnamon stickcinnamon
2 slices lemons, garnishlemon
2 mint sprigs, garnishmint

Instructions (5 steps)

01Steep 1 tea bag, 6 mint stems and cayenne pepper in 2 cups of boiling water.
02Strain the mixture, keeping only the liquid.
03Add the sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon stick to the mint mixture and refrigerate.
04When ready to serve, remove the cinnamon stick and dilute the mint mixture with equal parts of water.
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