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1 liter water
2 bags organic green tea
2 tablespoons honey
fresh cherries, without stones
The warm summer days of August ask for a cool, refreshing drink like green ice tea. We made it before, also with fresh fruit. But not yet with our most favorite fruit and those are cherries. Very tasty this ice tea but start a day in advance because of cooling!
How to make green iced tea with cherries
First remove the stones from the cherries and set them aside
Breng 1 liter water aan de kook en laat het goed doorkoken.
Pour the hot water into a heat resisting jug.
Stir in the honey and allow it to melt.
Hang the tea bags in the jug and set it aside.
How to make ice cubes with cherries
Put a cherrie into each cube of the ice cubes mold.
Fill up all the holes with the lukewarm tea.
Put the mold with the cherries overnisght in the freezer.
Use a well-sealable, sterilized bottle for this.
Put the bottle overnight in the refrigerator.
Tap the cherry ice cubes out of the mold.
Pour the ice tea into the glasses and add the ice cubes.
Finally put some cheerful straws into the glasses.
We serve the green ice tea with delicious mini-chocolate muffins.
Happy Summer to All!