Fresh peppermint tea is one of the herbal teas the Food Forest Kitchen serves for free to our guests. Mint Tea is a simple drink to make. It has a lot of health benefits and is said to have beneficial effects on the digestive tract. It and can be made from fresh peppermint or spearmint leaves. You can find both mint types growing near the restaurant of Eco-Logic. More information about mint can be found here.
HERBAL MINT TEA RECIPE
Prep time: 3 minutes Cook time: 8 minutes Total time: 10 minutes Serves: 2 glasses
INGREDIENTS
2 cups water (filtered)
15 mint leaves (fresh, peppermint or spearmint)
FOR SERVING:
Honey
Lime slices
Lime juice
Some fresh mint leaves and stalks
EQUIPMENT
A pan with lid
Cups or glass for serving
PREPARATION
Pick the peppermint leaves
If used: cut the lime in slices and juice the lemon
Boil the water
METHOD
When the water has boiled turn off the heat and add the mint leaves to the hot water. Place the lid on the pan
Allow to sit for 3 minutes without further heating
SERVING:Â
Add a teaspoon honey per glass.
Add the tea.
Add some fresh leaves and stalk to the cup
You can also serve some lime at the side or add some lime juice. When lime juice is added to the tea the blue color will turn to purple.Â
NOTE:
This tea can also be served as a cold drink or as ice tea.
This recipe is made at the @THEFOODFORESTKITCHEN, the slow food restaurant of @ECOLOGICTHAILAND.
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