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Green tea sparkle recipe

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Follow the Uruguayan tradition of passing round the Yerba mate – a rustic tea served in a hollowed-out gourd or china cup, which people drink from with a straw – and make your own sharing mocktail. See method

Serves 6
30 mins to prepare
31 calories / serving
Healthy

Ingredients

2.5cm (1in) piece root ginger, peeled and finely sliced
thinly pared zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon
3 green tea bags
60g (2 1/2oz) clear honey
ice
1.5 litre (2 1/2pts) sparkling water

Each serving contains

Energy
135kj
31kcal 2%
Fat
0g 0%
Saturates
0g 0%
Sugars
8g 9%
Salt
0.1g 2%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 8.2g Protein 0.1g Fibre 0g

Method

Put the ginger and lemon zest in a small pan with 600ml (1 pt) cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer, uncovered, for 5 mins.
Put the tea bags in a heatproof jug and add the boiled ginger and lemon water. Leave for 4 mins and then remove and discard the tea bags, lemon zest and ginger.
Stir in the honey and lemon juice and then leave to cool. Put a few ice cubes in 6 tall glasses a divide the tea mixture between them. Top up with sparkling water.

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