Iced tea mojito

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

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Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Servings: 1

Author: Connie Veneracion

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

• Place the tea bag or tea leaves in a cup. Pour in half a cup of hot water.
• 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.
• 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.
• Stir again after pouring in the rum and the drink is ready.
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