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Watermelon iced tea
Brewed jasmine tea is cooled in a pitcher, pandan-infused sugar syrup is stirred in, ice is added and cubes of fresh watermelon are dropped in.
Course
Drinks
Cuisine
Asian
Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
3
minutes
minutes
Steeping / cooling
15
minutes
minutes
Total Time
23
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
people
Ingredients
Pandan-infused sugar syrup
2
pandan leaves
tied into a knot
½
cup
white sugar
Iced tea
1
tablespoon
loose-leaf jasmine tea
¼
seedless watermelon
well-chilled
Instructions
Sugar syrup
Place the pandan leaves in a pan, add the sugar and half a cup of water.
Boil until the sugar is fully dissolved.
Turn off the heat and leave to steep until cool.
Discard the pandan leaves.
Brew the jasmine tea
Place the tea in a heat-proof container.
In a pan, heat five cups of water until boiling. Turn off the heat and leave for a minute.
Pour one cup of the hot water into the tea, leave for a minute then strain.
Pour the remaining hot water into the container with the tea.
Allow the jasmine tea to steep for four minutes then strain.
Cool the strained tea.
Make your iced tea
While the tea cools, cut the watermelon into small cubes.
Sweeten the tea with as much or as little pandan-infused sugar syrup as you like.
Drop ice into glasses, half fill with the sweetened tea then top with watermelon cubes.