Follow the recipe below to make a delicious glass of lemon tea that can be served hot or cold. Besides being able to enrich the taste, adding lemon juice can also increase the health benefits contained in your homemade tea, you know!
Ingredients
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Black Tea with Lemon (for 6 servings)
- 1 tbsp. black tea leaves or 2 black tea bags
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 tbsp. caster sugar (or other sugar that has a texture similar to stevia)
- 1.5 liters of water
- Extra lemon wedge for garnish (optional)
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Hot Lemon Without Tea
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- 250 ml water
- Sweeteners (sugar, stevia, etc.)
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Lemon Ice Tea
- Tea leaves; adjust the type to your taste
- 1 lemon
- Ice cubes made from lemon tea
- Hot water
- Sugar
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Iced Lemon Tea with Boiling Method
- 3 slices of lemon
- 2 black tea bags
- Small pot
- Hot water
- Ice
Step
Method 1 of 4: Making Black Tea with Lemon
Step 1. Prepare a large teapot
If you want, you can also use a tea plunger, but make sure it's big enough to hold about six cups of tea.
Step 2. Put the tea leaves or tea bags in the teapot
Stir briefly, then add the lemon wedges and sugar. Adjust the portion of sugar to your taste, yes!
If you want, you can also add one or two cinnamon sticks at this point. Although optional, this method is worth trying to make the tea taste a little more spicy and spicy
Step 3. Pour the water into the teapot
Pour the water directly over all the ingredients you've put in the pitcher.
Step 4. Brew the tea for five minutes
Step 5. Pour the tea into a glass or cup through a small slotted sieve
Supposedly, this recipe will make five to six cups of tea.
Step 6. Garnish the surface of the tea with a lemon wedge
Although optional, this step is worth implementing to enhance the appearance of the tea.
Step 7. Serve immediately hot
If you're going to serve it cold, let the tea sit until the steam is gone, then put it in the fridge to cool it down.
Method 2 of 4: Making Hot Lemon Without Tea
Although hot lemons don't actually contain "tea leaves", they can still be consumed like tea and provide good health benefits for your body.
Step 1. Bring the water to a boil using a teapot or saucepan
If you want to use a saucepan, pour some water into the pot, then place the pot on the stove. Then, turn on the stove over medium to high heat. Once the water boils, turn off the stove and transfer the pot to the kitchen counter
Step 2. Add lemon juice
Add 2 tbsp. lemon juice in hot water. If you have trouble finding fresh lemons, you can buy pure lemon juice that is sold in various supermarkets. The addition of lemon will make the tea healthier to drink.
Step 3. Add sweetener
Add about 2 tbsp. sweetener or to taste. If you want to use sugar, always remember that sugar will only make the tea taste sweet, but will not provide any health benefits.
- Although the recommended amount of sugar is around 2 tablespoons, you can modify it according to your taste.
- Adjust the amount of sweetener to your taste. If you want, you can use a healthier alternative to sweeteners such as honey or stevia.
Step 4. Done
Method 3 of 4: Making Lemon Ice Tea
Step 1. Bring the water to a boil
Step 2. Put the tea leaves in a tea ball or a special filter to make the dregs easier to remove after the tea is brewed
Then, put the filter containing the tea leaves into the boiling water. Let stand for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the taste and aroma of the tea is fully out.
Step 3. Add fresh lemon juice
Step 4. Stir well
Then, remove the filter containing the tea leaves from the water.
Step 5. Add 225 grams of sugar
Remember, the sugar content can be adjusted according to taste and the amount of water you use.
Step 6. Stir well, and let the tea cool down completely
Step 7. Pour lemon ice tea into a glass, then add ice cubes according to taste into it
Step 8. Serve the tea with a light snack
Generally, the taste of cookies and cake slices goes well with the lemon iced tea.
Method 4 of 4: Making Lemon Ice Tea by Boiling
Step 1. Pour 300 ml of boiling water into the pot
Step 2. Turn on the stove over high heat
Step 3. Put two tea bags in boiling water
Step 4. Soak the tea bag in water for a minute or so
Step 5. Remove the tea bag and add sugar to taste
Step 6. Stir in sugar until completely dissolved
Step 7. Reduce the heat, cover the pot tightly
Step 8. Take a cup or glass with a capacity of 500 to 550 ml
Fill half of it with ice cubes.
Step 9. Wait until the tea boils, then add the lemon wedges
Step 10. Let stand again for 1 minute
After that, turn off the heat and allow the tea to cool completely.
Step 11. Pour the lemon tea into a cup or glass filled with ice cubes
Serve immediately.
Tips
- Add ginger to enrich the taste and add to its health benefits.
- Add ice cubes to lower the temperature of the tea or turn it into a cold drink.
- In fact, you can use a variety of sweeteners to practice this recipe, such as maple syrup, honey, stevia, etc.
