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    Lemon Tea

    Last updated - July 15, 2021; Published - January 11, 2017 By Rhian Williams 3 Comments

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    This Lemon Tea is:

    • healthy and refreshing
    • fruity and aromatic
    • a great pick-me-up!

    Lemon Tea

    This Lemon Tea was inspired by a delicious Yuzu Tea I had in Japan. Yuzu is an Asian citrus fruit, which tastes slightly bitter like grapefruit, but has the sweet blossomy aroma of a clementine. It is widely used in Japanese cuisine, for savoury dressings and sauces, as well as in desserts, or used in alcoholic drinks such as the yuzu sour.

    Its uses in Japan also go beyond the kitchen: on the winter solstice, people traditionally bathe in hot water with whole yuzu fruits floating on it. This strongly aromatic yuzu bath is said to prevent you from catching colds, moisturise the skin and relax the mind and body.

    Lemon Tea

    Yuzu is also sometimes mixed with honey and hot water to make a drink called yuzucha, which means yuzu tea. However, yuzu is quite hard to get hold of outside Japanese, so I decided to make things easier and make a lemon tea instead!

    Adding lemon to this tea creates a beautiful fresh fragrance, along with multiple health benefits. It's packed full of Vitamin C so it's great for fighting off those winter colds!

    If you'd rather have a caffeine-free drink, I'd suggest using Rooibos tea, which tastes identical to black tea but is naturally caffeine free.

    If you try out this recipe or anything else from my blog, I’d really love to hear any feedback! Please give it a rating, leave a comment, or tag a photo #rhiansrecipes on Instagram! Thank you.

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    Lemon Tea

    Lemon Tea

    This Lemon Tea is healthy and refreshing, fruity and aromatic and a great pick-me-up!
    4.25 from 8 votes
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    Course: Drinks
    Cuisine: Global
    Keyword: lemon tea
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 2
    Calories: 21kcal
    Author: Rhian Williams

    Ingredients

    • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • 1 black tea bag (or sub Rooibos tea for caffeine-free version)
    • 600 ml (2 ½ cups) boiling water
    • Agave syrup to taste, optional (or sub any other sweetener)

    Instructions

    • Place the tea bag and lemon juice in a teapot
    • Add boiling water and leave to steep for a few minutes
    • Pour into mugs and sweeten to taste if desired
    • Enjoy immediately!
    Nutrition Facts
    Lemon Tea
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 21
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Disclosure: This posts contains affiliate links to Amazon. If you purchase any of these products, a small percentage will come to me with no extra cost to you! This income will go towards the running of this blog – thank you.

     

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    1. Anonymous

      April 30, 2018 at 10:17 pm

      5 stars
      Looks really refreshing, might make an iced version of this thanks!

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        April 30, 2018 at 10:22 pm

        Thank you!

    2. Mathew

      July 04, 2022 at 7:45 am

      5 stars

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