Lemon tea

Name: Lemon tea
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Soudan du Sud
Ingredients: 6 g black tea leaves; 900 ml drinking water; 40 ml seedless yellow lemon juice; 4 thin washed yellow lemon slices, about 40 g total; 20 g sugar

🍋 Briefly infused black tea, strained and served with measured sugar and yellow lemon.

Ingredients

6 g black tea leaves
900 ml drinking water
40 ml seedless yellow lemon juice
4 thin washed yellow lemon slices, about 40 g total
20 g sugar

Preparation

Prepare heatproof teapot, strainer and 4 cups. Wash lemon, cut 4 thin slices and measure 40 ml juice separately.

Heat 900 ml water to first boil, about 5 minutes depending on equipment, then remove from heat.

Pour over 6 g tea and infuse 3 minutes without boiling the leaves.

Strain immediately and remove all leaves. Dissolve 20 g sugar and add 40 ml lemon juice.

Divide into 4 cups of about 225 ml depending on losses; add one thin lemon slice each. Let cool to a comfortable drinking temperature.

Naturally contains caffeine. No milk, honey, ginger, mint or alcohol. Lemon does not make it a therapeutic drink.