Fresh Cherries Ginger Infused Green Tea |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 120 Minutes |
Ready In: 135 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Cherry Season! This is a cooling refreshing drink! If you don't own a cherry/olive pitter, You can use a drinking straw. It's very good in two hours, but over night is wonderful. Ingredients:
1 cup cherries, pitted |
1 ginger, 2 inces, sliced |
3 tablespoons sugar |
4 cups water, filtered and divided |
4 green tea bags |
4 lemon slices |
1 tablespoon lemon juice |
Directions:
1. Combine pitted cherries and ginger slices in a glass bowl.
2. Sprinkle sugar over the cherries mixture and cover with 2 cups filtered water.
3. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours to overnight.
4. Bring 2 cups filtered water nearly to a boil; pour over tea bags in a pitcher. Steep tea for 90 seconds.
5. Squeeze tea bags into pitcher and discard bags.
6. Strain cherry-ginger water into pitcher with green tea, squeezing out excess liquid.
7. Serve with lemon slices and lemon juice.
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