Lavender Fruit Iced Tea 薰衣草果茶

After making the Lemon Lavender Teacake, I continued to use the dried lavender to make myself a glass of iced tea. The cool drink was so refreshing with a hint of lavender aroma. Much needed to cool me down in this scorching hot weather.

As a spice, lavender is best known as an important aspect of French cuisine and is an integral ingredient in herbs de Provence seasoning blends.  Lavender maybe used on its own to give a delightful floral flavour to tea making, desserts, meats and breads.  The flowers can also be layered within sugar infuse with its distinctive aroma for use in cookies and candies. (refer mountain rose herbs)

Read more of the benefit uses for lavender from here.

Lavender Fruit Iced Tea

  

      Ingredients:
      400ml hot boiled water
      2 tea bags  Lipton fruit tea
      1 tsp dried lavender
      1/2 tbsp lemon juice
      honey to taste
      some blueberries

      Method:

• Pour hot water into glass. Add in tea bags and dried lavender, steep for 10 minutes.
• Remove tea bags and strain dried lavender. Add lemon juice and honey to taste, stir well。Drop in some blueberries and a slice of lemon with some ice cubes before serving.
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薰衣草果茶

     材料：

     400毫升 热开水

     2 Lipton红茶包

     1茶匙 干薰衣草

     1/2汤匙 柠檬汁

     蜂蜜 适量

     蓝莓适量

     做法：

• 将热开水倒入杯中，放入茶包及干薰衣草，浸泡10分钟。
• 拿出茶包，过滤掉干薰衣草。然后在红尘中倒入柠檬汁和适量蜂蜜，搅拌均匀。最后加入蓝莓，一片柠檬片及冰块即可饮用。

This post is linked to Little Thumbs Up event: July - Tea

organized by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen from my little favourite DIY

and hosted by Cheryl from Baking TaiTai