What mint do you like for Mint tea??
I love my own fresh mint from the garden. I like to mix it with lavender, lemon balm, and raspberry leaves from my garden.
I put all those fresh herbs and leaves in my tea maker and make a pitcher of iced tea. I love the lavender and lemon when added. It is so refreshing.
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TIPS FROM MY MOM-
**When making mint tea take the leaf OFF the stem, it will make the tea less bitter!!***
**When making mint tea on the stove she takes a bunch of garden mint, 3/4 gallon of water, 3 bags Boston's Mint Tea. She puts the water in a pot to boil. Once the water is boiling she add the tea leaves and tea bags to the water. We cover the boiler water pot with a lid and let it steep for 15-20 minutes. Strain the tea and tea leaves out while pouring into a pitcher. she adds about 2/3 C of sugar.
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When I don't have fresh mint, I will use whatever else I can find. I love to experiment with different kinds of mint and different tea companies.
One of my favorite mints for Iced tea is Bigelow's Plantation Mint.
I have made it before with all Plantation Mint tea bags, but I have also made it with Lipton tea Iced Tea Brew as the base. Once Lipton Iced Tea Brew and then 5 or 6 Bigelow Plantation Mint tea bags. It is super refreshing.
The Bigelow peppermint is really wonderful, it might one of the closest to what I grow in my garden. It tastes like the tea I had growing up.
Another one I like is the local mint tea from Mint Brook Meadow's Tea.
Their tea is really strong- in a good way. There is a lot of mint flavor that comes out.
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