I don’t know what inspired me to do this, but one day I was making a batch of my regular green iced tea and I thought, “what if I put a sprig of chocolate mint in it?” And this amazing drink was born. The chocolate mint almost changes the viscosity of the tea, and it’s just a minty chocolatey refreshing drink.
I usually get this green tea to use for just drinking, but also for making kombucha and this iced tea! I have a set of tea balls like these that fit in a variety of jars and pitchers, mostly just for iced tea! As for sourcing the chocolate mint – I highly recommend you grow some in a container, so you have fresh mint for delicious drinks like this any time. If you use dried mint, I would put it in a separate tea ball and remove it from the tea before putting it in the refrigerator!
Chocolate Green Iced Tea
Ingredients
- 1 gallon water, divided
- 2 tbsp gunpowder green tea
- 1 sprig fresh chocolate mint
- 1/4 cup honey (75 grams)
Instructions
- Start about 4 cups of the water boiling.
- While it's boiling, prepare the green tea in a tea ball or tea bag, and measure out the honey.
- Place the tea ball in a heat-proof pitcher or jar. Add the sprig of chocolate mint as well.
- When the water comes to a boil, pour it over the tea and the mint in the pitcher.
- Let steep for just 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes, remove both the sprig and the tea ball. Don't discard the chocolate mint!
- Add the honey and stir until melted.
- Place the chocolate mint back into the pitcher if desired. Add the rest of the water, so there is a full gallon.
- Let cool until it's cool enough to put in the refrigerator. Refrigerate overnight and then enjoy this cool refreshing drink!!
