Being from the south, drinking sweet tea is pretty much common place.
I usually have some made in my refrigerator at all times. And while I love sweet tea, sometimes I want to change things up and add a twist to my tea. Mint is one of my favorite flavors to add in my tea. I often have fresh mint growing so it is simple to keep on hand and add to freshly brewed tea. Mint tea is perfect for the summer time, hot weather. As fresh raspberries start to come into season, add them to mint tea to make the tea even more refreshing. Raspberry and Mint Tea is a wonderful and refreshing summer drink.
Raspberry and Mint tea makes a great drink to have when you are having guests or just to have to enjoy during a lazy afternoon. To fully enjoy the flavors of the raspberry and mint, make this tea up ahead of time and let it sit in the refrigerator. The longer it sits, the stronger the flavor gets.
Raspberry and Mint Tea
Ingredients
- 6 cups water
- 6 tea bags
- 1/2 cup fresh raspberries
- 2 mint leaves
- 3 slices lemon
- Ice
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring water to boil. Once it starts to boil, remove from the heat.
- Place tea bags in the boiling water and then, let it cool.
- Once the tea has cooled, remove the tea bags.
- Put ice in large mason jars. Pour the tea into the jars.
- Put in the raspberries and the mint leaves.
- Place the jars in the fridge for 2 hours to allow raspberries and mint flavors to infuse the tea.
Yum that looks good! I love fruit infused drinks. Our raspberries aren’t quite ripe yet but I could use strawberries!
Those flavors totally scream summer to me! I need more time sipping tea on my front porch.
You know, now that I live in Texas, you’d of think I would switch to sweet tea. It’s the thing to do. 🙂 While I don’t like to add sugar to tea, the mint and berries sound really good! I’ll try it!
I love iced tea in the Summer. I have never had mint in my tea before though. This would be interesting to try.