Lemon Verbena Iced Tea

Name: Lemon Verbena Iced Tea
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: About 50 lemon verbena leaves, lemon balm, or mint leaves (or a combination)

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Upon sipping this infusion, Scott's guests often exclaim, "What is this wonderful tea?" To yield cup after cup of delectable tea, plant lemon verbena--a perennial shrub--in a corner of your garden.

By Erin Scott

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Recipe Summary

total:

20 mins

Yield:

Serves 6 to 8

Ingredients

About 50 lemon verbena leaves, lemon balm, or mint leaves (or a combination)

Directions

Step 1
Heat 2 qts. water to almost but not quite boiling. Put lemon verbena leaves in a tall container. Pour hot water over leaves and let steep at least 10 minutes; taste and let steep longer (up to overnight, chilled) if you'd like it stronger.

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Step 2
Chill, strain, and serve over ice cubes (with flowers frozen into them, if you like).

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10/12/2021

I really liked it. it great with some raspberry-flavored things like raspberry muffins.

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