Watermelon iced tea
Sip on the seriously refreshing colours of summer in this fruity, watermelon-packed and gloriously cooling iced tea.
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Hannah Oakshott
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Sip on the seriously refreshing colours of summer in this fruity, watermelon-packed and gloriously cooling iced tea.
Ingredients
6 Twinings strawberry, raspberry and loganberry tea bags
2 Tbsp caster sugar
1.8 l boiling water
400 g roughly chopped seedless watermelon
juice 2 limes
ice cubes
mint
1 cup finely chopped watermelon
Method
- Put tea bags, caster sugar and boiling water in a large heatproof jug. Stir well until sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool. Once cool, cover and transfer to fridge overnight to allow tea flavours to develop.
- Remove tea bags and discard. Put roughly chopped watermelon and lime juice in a blender, cover and blend until smooth. Pour mixture through a fine sieve into a jug. Stir watermelon juice into chilled tea.
- To serve, fill glasses with ice, mint leaves and finely chopped watermelon and pour tea over.
