Ultimate Hydrating Iced TeaPhoto by Stephen Baccon
Hot summer days in Bondi beg for refreshing drinks like this. Load up on green tea antioxidants, hydrate with electrolyte-filled coconut water and cool off with cucumber, lime and gut-soothing aloe vera. Hot summer’s night? Add a splash of gin!
Recipe information
Yield
Makes 2 (12-ounce) glasses
Ingredients
2
cups (500 ml) green tea, frozen in ice-cube trays
12
grapes
1
tablespoon honey
1
small handful mint
Juice of 1 lime
1¼
cups (300 ml) coconut water
½
Lebanese cucumber (or ¼ English cucumber), sliced
1
tablespoon chia seeds
1
teaspoon aloe vera juice
Need to make a substitution?
Preparation
Put the green tea ice cubes, grapes, honey, mint, lime juice, coconut water and cucumber in a jug, and stir. Add the chia seeds and aloe vera and stir. Set aside for 10 minutes to allow to thicken.
From Bondi Harvest © 2016 by Guy Turland and Mark Alston. Buy the full book from HarperCollins or from Amazon.
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