Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, watermelon basil iced tea. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Watermelon basil iced tea is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Watermelon basil iced tea is something which I have loved my entire life.
Learn how to make Watermelon and Basil Iced Tea. Pour the water into a heat-resistant pitcher. Remove and discard the bags and allow the tea to cool to room.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook watermelon basil iced tea using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Watermelon basil iced tea:
- Prepare 4 Tea Bags
- Make ready 4 Cups Boiling Water
- Get 3 Slices Watermelon
- Make ready 1/2 Cup Honey
- Get 1/2 Cup Water
- Take 1/4 Teaspoon Dried Basil
- Get 2 Lime Juice
Back to Watermelon and Basil Iced Tea. Add ice, basil leaves and fresh watermelon slices and top with the soda water or lemonade. Lemon Myrtle & Strawberry Iced Tea. Southerners know how to cool down.
Instructions to make Watermelon basil iced tea:
- Add the tea bags in a glass jar, pour in boiling water and let sit for 10 minutes. Once it has cooled remove the tea leaves and put the jug in the fridge to chill for one hour
- Meanwhile blend the watermelon until smooth. Sieve the watermelon into a cup so that you are left with only the juice
- In a separate glass mix the 1/2 cup water with honey and stir until honey dissolves. Add in the dried basil and stir to mix
- After one hour remove jug from fridge. Add in the watermelon juice and stir well. Add also the honey-water-basil mixture
- Squeeze juice of two limes into the tea. Stir to combine well
- Pour the watermelon basil iced tea in a mock-tail glass. You can add ice cubes for a chilled drink or you can put the iced tea in the fridge to chill further
We had to figure it out to survive. Not only are the summer months below the Mason-Dixon line just plain hot, the humidity makes it downright oppressive. That's why we drink a lot of refreshing sweet tea… and enjoy a fair share of our favorite summer fruit: watermelon. Cool off with some classy Watermelon Basil Lime Iced Tea from The Candid Appetite. Iced tea is one of those things that I always drink at other people's homes or at restaurants, but have never really thought about making it myself.
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