Hong Kong Style Lemon Tea
Summary: A popular lemon tea recipe typical of Hong Kong.
Ingredients
- 1 lemon
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 2 litres of water
- 2 or 3 teabags (black tea)
Instructions
Making this recipe couldn’t be easier. To start, bring the water up to the boil and while simmering, drop in the teabags. Squeeze the lemon’s juice into the tea and then drop in the remaining lemon peal. The outer yellow part of the lemon peal contains oils that help flavour the drink. The white, pith, of the lemon peal is unwanted as it can give the drink a bitter taste. Let them stew for 3 minutes or so. Remove the tea bags and lemon skins and add the sugar, stir to ensure that it all dissolves. Then enjoy this refreshing drink, ideal for both summer and winter.
Variations
This drink can be enjoyed hot or ice cold depending on your mood. Instead of white sugar, you can experiment with brown sugar and or honey as sweeteners.
Preparation time: 5 min
Diet (other): Reduced fat
Number of servings (yield): 8
Meal type: snack
Culinary tradition: Chinese
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