You can prepare this drink in two ways — as a cocktail drink or as a non-alcoholic iced beverage. If course, the non-alcoholic version won’t be a anything similar to a mojito and you can call it anything you like. Like minted iced tea. It’s really very good. But if you feel a little naughty and you want to take that extra step to turn your iced tea into a mojito-like drink, go ahead and pour in a little (or more than a little) rum.
Iced tea mojito
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 1 bag tea or a pinch of loose leaf tea (I used jasmine green tea; substitute your preference)
- 2 tablespoons simple syrup
- 1/2 lime or lemon, cut in two
- 8 mint leaves
- 1 splash rum
Instructions
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Place the tea bag or tea leaves in a cup. Pour in half a cup of hot water.
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Leave to steep for at least five minutes (the longer the tea steeps, the stronger the flavor). Press and discard the tea bag (or strain if using tea leaves). Cool.
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Place the lime or lemon and mint leaves in a glass and muddle (see how to muddle). I started out with just 1/4 of a lemon but the drink tasted wrong and I added the juice from another 1/4 lemon so, in the ingredients list, I just placed “1/2 lemon”.
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Drop about four ice cubes into the glass. Pour in the tea and the simple syrup. Stir. That’s a very, very good iced tea you have there already.
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Stir again after pouring in the rum and the drink is ready.
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