mango green tea lemonade Recipes

Tea is one of my favorite things to drink. I know I should be drinking more water, but you make tea with water, right?  Yeah, just let me roll with that. I love tea because I can have it iced in the summer and hot in the winter.  Therefore, I can enjoy it all.year.long, YAY!

I’m a sweet tea kind girl, with lemon too, please.

Truth be told, I use to drive thru McDonald’s at least once a day to indulge in their $1 large sweet teas. That was until I realized the amount of sugar in one of those babies.   That was the end of my McDonald’s runs. I do on occasion let myself enjoy one of their sweet teas, for their convenience, and honestly just how darn good they are.  Damn you McDonald’s.

I think my love of tea started when I worked at Starbucks.  As a new barista it was your job to try everything so that you could accurately describe the menu items to patrons.

When I first had the Black Tea Lemonade I’m pretty sure my heart skipped a beat.  It was so delicious and refreshing.  Lemonade in tea, it was such a new thing for me.

Genius idea, Arnold Palmer, genius.  No, I have no idea if he is the one who first started the Tea + Lemonade craze. My guess is probably not but his tea is one of my favs.  I’ll drink an Arnold Palmer Zero any day of the week and with no guilt #winning   Side note, my dad, being the avid golfer he is, has met Arnold Palmer few times, cool huh?

Ingredients
For the Green Tea:

• 4 cups of boiling water
• 8 Green Tea Bags
• 2 Cups Cold Water
• 1/2 cup simple syrup

For the Mango Puree:

• 2 mangoes
• 1-1 1/2 Tablespoons sweetener (I used Stevia)
• 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 52 ounces lemonade, (I used Minute Maid Light 15 (store bought or homemade)
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Instructions
For the Green Tea:

1. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil.
2. Add tea bags to water and let steep for 5 minutes
3. ……………………………………

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