Summer Afternoon Iced Tea Banting / Low Carb

Carb Status: GREEN

Ingredients:

8 Ceylon tea bags

Sweetened to your taste (I use about 4 Tbl xylitol)

3 lemons

3 oranges

2 cinnamon sticks

1 litre boiling water

2 litres cold water

Fresh mint leaves

Method:

– Slice up two of the lemons and two of the oranges. Reserving one lemon and one orange for it’s juice.

– Put the tea bags, sweetener of your choice, lemon & orange slices and cinnamon sticks into a large jug.

– Pour over the litre of boiling water and stir until the sweetener dissolves and the tea bags start to steep, then leave to cool.

– Meanwhile, squeeze the juice from the one lemon and one orange into the remaining two litres of cold water, and add the mint leaves.

– Once the hot tea mixture has cooled, using a sieve, pour the cooled tea into the two litres of cold water and stir well.

– Fish out the cinnamon sticks and citrus slices to add into the jug of iced tea and leave the tea in the fridge until it’s time to serve.

– Serve chilled over ice blocks with more fresh mint if desired.

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