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Iced Green Tea Elixer with Ginger
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| Iced Green Tea Elixir with Ginger & Lemon | |
| 1/4 ounce | good quality Chinese green tea leaves |
| 1/4 cup | lemon juice, (from 1 lemon) |
| 1/4 cup | pomegranate syrup or pomegranate molasses, without any added sweeteners |
| 3/4 cup | ginger syrup, recipe below |
| Mint, to garnish | |
| Lemon slices, to garnish | |
| Pomegranate seeds, to garnish Place the tea leaves in a large bowl. Heat 3 1/2 cups of water to about 170°F. (Or bring to a boil, then let cool for 5 minutes.) Pour the hot water over the green tea leaves and steep the tea for 5 minutes. Strain the tea, keeping the liquid and discarding the leaves. Stir in the lemon juice, pomegranate syrup and ginger syrup. Add 8 cups of cold water. Stir. Let sit overnight in the refrigerator. Serve over ice with a lemon slice and fresh pomegranate seeds, or a handful of muddled mint. Ginger Syrup makes about 5 cups | |
| 1/2 pound | fresh ginger root, skin on |
| 3 cups | white sugar |
| 2 cups | water |
Cut the ginger into knuckle-sized pieces. Buzz the ginger in a food processor or chopper until it is fine and stringy, like rough wood chips.
Add the sugar and water to a large saucepan and whisk to combine. Bring to a boil and lower the heat. Simmer just until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in the chopped ginger. Let the pot cool on the stove, then put it in the fridge to steep overnight.
The next day, strain the syrup through a fine mesh sieve at least twice, to remove the finer bits of ginger. Discard the ginger. Pour the syrup into a bottle or closed container and refrigerate. This syrup will keep for several weeks at least, as long as it is refrigerated.
Optional: Try this tea in a bourbon cocktail — incredibly good. Shake up 1 ounce bourbon with 4 ounces iced tea and a handful of mint. Strain and serve over ice with lemon.
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