Lavender Fruit Iced Tea 薰衣草果茶 Recipe
After making the Lemon Lavender Teacake, I continued to use the dried lavender to make myself a glass of iced tea. The cool drink was so refreshing with a hint of lavender aroma. Much needed to cool me down in this scorching hot weather.
As a spice, lavender is best known as an important aspect of French cuisine and is an integral ingredient in herbs de Provence seasoning blends. Lavender maybe used on its own to give a delightful floral flavour to tea making, desserts, meats and breads. The flowers can also be layered within sugar infuse with its distinctive aroma for use in cookies and candies. (refer mountain rose herbs)
Read more of the benefit uses for lavender from here.
Lavender Fruit Iced Tea
Ingredients:
- 400ml hot boiled water
- 2 tea bags Lipton fruit tea
- 1 tsp dried lavender
- 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- honey to taste
- some blueberries
Method:
Pour hot water into glass. Add in tea bags and dried lavender, steep for 10 minutes.
Remove tea bags and strain dried lavender. Add lemon juice and honey to taste, stir well。Drop in some blueberries and a slice of lemon with some ice cubes before serving.
400毫升 热开水
2 Lipton红茶包
1茶匙 干薰衣草
1/2汤匙 柠檬汁
将热开水倒入杯中，放入茶包及干薰衣草，浸泡10分钟。
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