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Watermelon Iced Tea
A unique and delicious drink: refreshing watermelon taste at the start and ending with a sweet tea flavour.
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
15
minutes
mins
Inactive Time
6
hours
hrs
Total Time
6
hours
hrs
25
minutes
mins
Servings:
4
people
0.5
1
1.5
2
3
INGREDIENTS
Metric
Imperial
▢
1
litre
water
▢
4
teaspoons
black tea leaves
,
or 2 black tea bags
▢
3
tablespoons
caster sugar
▢
200
grams
watermelon
,
seeds removed and blended into a juice
▢
Additional simple sugar syrup for serving
INSTRUCTIONS
Bring water to a boil and stir in tea leaves (or tea bags) and sugar. Steep the tea for 2 hours.
Strain the tea and chill the tea completely in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
Stir the pureed watermelon into the chilled tea. Taste and add more syrup if you prefer the tea to be sweeter. Pour into glasses and serve.
NOTES
To make a simple sugar syrup, dissolve sugar into hot water in a ratio of 1:2 (1 tablespoon sugar to 2 tablespoons water).
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