cherry ginger infused tea

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup pitted cherries
• 1 (2 inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 4 cups filtered water, divided
• 4 (2 g) bags green tea
• 4 lemon slices (optional)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 15 mins


• combine cherries and ginger slices in a glass bowl. sprinkle sugar over the cherries mixture and cover with 2 cups filtered water.
• cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours to overnight.
• bring 2 cups filtered water nearly to a boil; pour over tea bags in a pitcher. steep tea for 90 seconds. squeeze tea bags into pitcher and discard bags.
• strain cherry-ginger water into pitcher with green tea, squeezing out excess liquid. serve with lemon slices and lemon juice.