Sparkling Iced Tea

For hot days, this tea can refresh us. It’s an alternative beverage to commercial light drinks, very easy to make and a different way to get the daily liquid we need daily.

Approximate Nutritional Content: 1 cup (recipe yields 16 cups)

• Calories: 33 kcal.

• Grams of fat: 0 g.

• Grams of protein: 0 g.

• Grams of carbohydrates: 9 g. equivalent to half a carbohydrate serving.

Note: Nutritional information may vary according to the quantity and type of ingredients used, as well as the portion size consumed.

Ingredients:

• 12 tea bags (can be black tea for example)

• 4 cups of boiling water

• 1 cup of mint-infused syrup (ingredients to make it below)

• 1 lemon

• soda (carbonated beverage)

• ice

• mint and lemon slices to decorate

• Mint infusion: 1 cup of boiling water, 2/3 cup of sugar and 12 mint leaves with stems included.

Preparation:

• Place all tea bags at the bottom of a pitcher and pour the 4 cups of boiling water into the same pitcher. Let steep for 30 minutes.

• To make the mint infusion, place the cup of boiling water, sugar and mint in a deep bowl. Stir well using a fork, dissolve the sugar well and press the mint leaves to release the flavor. Let cool for 15 minutes.

• Remove the tea bags from the pitcher and add 2 cups of cold water. Remove the mint leaves from the syrup and then add it to the pitcher with tea.

• Add the juice of one lemon to the tea and stir well.

• To serve: pour into a glass with ice and fill it with tea up to the middle, then add soda until the glass is full. Stir.

Enjoy!