Yuja Mint Tea
HB-16798 · Hand-built original · Korean
Yuja syrup is loosened with hot water and layered over ice with chilled mint tea. Stirred together, it becomes a bright, cooling citrus-mint iced tea.
Main ingredient: yuja syrup
Pairs well with: cookies, sandwiches, fruit salad, spicy noodles
Serving count not stated for this recipe, so quantities are shown as written.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons yuja syrup (yujacheong)
- 1 mint tea bag
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 2 1/2 paper cups ice
Method
- Steep the mint tea bag in about one-third of the hot water for 5 minutes until the mint is fragrant.
- Pour the hot mint tea over part of the ice to chill it rapidly, reserving the remaining ice for the glass.
- Stir the yuja syrup with the remaining hot water until it pours easily.
- Build the drink in a glass in layers: yuja syrup first, then the reserved ice, then the chilled mint tea.
- Stir the layers together just before drinking so the yuja and mint mingle.
Nutrition not computed — no serving count in the source recipe (per-serving values cannot be derived without one).