Lychee tea
An easy lychee tea recipe: litchi tea is a non-alcoholic lychee drink is the perfect refreshing beverage for a hot summer's day! It can be easily varied by changing the type of tea used, or adding other ingredients such as lemon, rose or ginger.
- Prep time
- 7 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 7 green tea bags
- 5 Cups Water
- 1 Can lychees (20 oz, 567g)
- 3 Tablespoons white sugar, or to taste
- Mint leaves (Optional garnish)
- 2-3 lemon slices (optional, for infusing in the pitcher of iced tea) + more for serving
- Lychee tea, brewed as per this recipe
- Lychees, optional (1 per ice cube.)
- Mint leaves, optional (1-2 pieces per ice cube.)
Instructions
- 1
Pour the water into a pot and bring to a boil. Right before it breaks into a rolling boil (i.e. you see the surface shimmering but there are no bubbles), switch off the fire and place the tea bags into the pot.
- 2
Allow the tea to steep for 3 minutes (if using green tea) or to taste (for other teas) then remove the tea bags.
- 3
Pour in all the contents of the lychee can- the syrup and the lychees- and mix well.
- 4
Allow to cool.
- 5
Optional: you can add 2-3 lemon slices 1 hour before serving. Do not steep too much lemon for too long or your lychee drink will have bitter notes from the white lemon pith.
- 6
Pour the cooled lychee drink from above into the ice cube tray.
- 7
If you have extra lychees, add 1 lychee to each hole of the ice cube tray. If you have fresh mint leaves, you can add them as well. Put in the freezer.
- 8
After 3-4 hours, the lychee ice will have frozen and you add them to your pitcher of iced lychee tea.
- 9
Pour the chilled tea into a pitcher and garnish with lemon slices and mint leaves if using.
- 10
Pour into the glasses and add in the lychee ice cubes. Note: ensure that each glass has a lemon slice, lychees some mint leaves and ice cubes! (After adding 2-3 lychees per cup, you will end up with extra lychees! You can eat them- they'll be a little soft and not quite as flavorful- or add them to any lychee ice cubes that you may be making. Alternatively, blitz with sugar and ice to make lychee slushie.)