Cucumber-Lime Iced Green Tea

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2020

    

Whether you sip it daily or want a special beverage for summertime meals, here is how to make a lively, full-flavored brew.

SERVES 4

TIME 15 minutes, plus 2 hours steeping and chilling

Cucumber-Lime Iced Green Tea

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For smooth and refreshing iced green tea with a cool twist, we used cucumber, lime zest, and lime juice. We started by brewing tea with 175-degree water to extract the aromatic compounds from the leaves. Then we cooled the extraction with i...

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