Mint Drink Recipes
Hot Drinks, Mixed Drinks, tea July 2nd, 2008Since olden times, mint has been enjoyed for its wonderful aroma, its healing power and its nice taste. Mint has also been said to help with asthma and other allergies. You can buy fresh mint leaves in the supermarket and you can add to teas and coffees or prepare tasty mint drinks .
Though the directions might seem longer than your usual cocktail recipe, don’t be put off: it’s actually a lot simpler than it looks.
Turkish Mint Drink Recipes
Ingredients:
1 kg raw sugar
600 ml water
300 ml cider vinegar
1 cup fresh mint or spearmint
Preparation:
1 Bring the water to a boil, add the sugar, dissolve and then add the vinegar.
2 Bring to boil again and then simmer for at least 30 minutes.
3 Add the mint, remove from the heat immediately and cover pot with a firm fitting lid. Allow to cool.
4 When cool, transfer to dry bottles along with the mint leaves for storage.
5 Serve with water and ice in the desired proportions. Garnish with a few fresh mint or spearmint leaves.
Lime Mint Iced Tea Recipes
For those of us who love a cup of tea, there’s nothing better in a hot, sunny summer day than a glass of Iced tea. The good thing about it is that you can have any flavors of tea you like made into Iced tea in just a few steps. But there are also some special recipes for more refreshing drinks.
First, the ingredients for the Lime Mint iced tea (enough for 4 people):
- 1 quart boiled water
- 4 tea bags (regular)
- 1 3/4 cups fresh mint leaves
- 1/4 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup of lime juice (preferably, freshly squeezed)
Once the water is boiled, mix the tea bags, mint leaves and sugar in it. Let it steep for 15 minutes and strain out the tea bags and mint leaves. Chill and then mix in the lime juice.
Serve in glasses with Ice.
Chocolate Mint Drink Recipes
This is a chocolate mint drink with milk, ice cream, malted milk powder, and mint flavoring.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup chocolate malted milk powder
4 cups cold milk
dash salt
1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pint chocolate or vanilla ice cream
Preparation:
In a pitcher, dissolve malted milk powder in about 1 cup of the milk; add remaining milk. Stir in salt, peppermint, and vanilla extract. Chill thoroughly. Pour into glasses and add a scoop of ice cream just before serving.
Serves 4 to 6.
Orange Mint Tea Recipes
Orange mint tea recipe is a drink with orange juice, freshly made tea, and mint leaves, along with lemon juice and sugar.
Ingredients:
2 cups water
2 tea bags
3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves
2 tablespoons sugar
4 cups orange juice
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Preparation:
In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags, mint leaves, and sugar; let stand 10 minutes. Remove tea bags. Transfer to a large pitcher; stir in orange juice and lemon juice. chill thoroughly before serving.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Try and write if you enjoy it!
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July 6th, 2008 at 6:14 am
I don’t see you around anymore the blogging community. Are you still an active subscriber of the BlogCatalog.
Anyways, I read your recent entry about drinks with mint. Yes, a tea with fresh mint tea leaves tastes better, however, excessive use of the leaves is not good either.
Have a wonderful day!
Bay