Lemon Basil Chili Iced Tea Recipe

This lemon basil chili iced tea recipe is a delicious treat for the heat of summer! From my cookbook! Checkout my other cookbooks here.

Lemon Basil Chili Iced Tea

Recipe from Summer Iced Tea Recipes: 50+ Regular, Herbal, Milk, and Fruity Teas

Prep: 10 min  Cook: 1 hour  Serves: 4

Ingredients:

1 quart water

4-5 black tea bags

1 cup fresh basil leaves

1 small red chili, thinly sliced

Lemon juice from 3 lemons

Sugar or honey, to taste

Lemon slices and basil leaves, for garnish

Directions:

• In a large pot, bring the water to boil.
• Remove from heat and stir in sugar to dissolve. If using honey, add after the tea has cooled slightly, so the heat doesn’t destroy the health benefits of the honey.
• Add the black tea bags and steep for 4-5 minutes.
• Remove the tea bags. Add fresh basil leaves and red chili slices and let steep.
• Stir in fresh lemon juice.
• Allow tea to cool and then strain out the basil leaves and red chili slices.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Serve over ice and garnish with lemon slices and fresh basil.

Fun Fact!

Make your own basil ice cubes! If you grow fresh basil, chop the leaves and add them to ice cube trays with water and freeze. When frozen, pop out and place in freezer baggies. Add a few cubes for a pretty presentation in your tea!

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