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  • Makes 250
  • 5 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 3 Ingredients

27 Comments

If you have mint growing in the garden you can turn it into home made mint tea! So easy to do and without the heavy price tag of purchasing it through a tea store. The added benefit is that if you don’t spray your mint, it’s organic! This keeps in the cupboard for around 6 months.


Ingredients (makes 250 gram jar)

  • 5 bunches mint
  • 5 elastic bands
  • 1 glass jar

Method

  1. Pick and wash 5 bunches of mint.
  2. Dry them and then secure a few stems together with the elastic bands.
  3. Hang upside down until they are dry (usually a week or so).
  4. Once dried, remove the leaves from the stems and empty into a blender. Pulse gently a few times to cut the leaves slightly.
  5. Store in a glass jar out of direct sunlight.

  • Ooh I haven’t had mint sauce in ages!

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  • I also read just the other day about adding a mint leaf or two, to a cup of green tea for a health and flavour boost

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  • Must give this a go – herbal tea is so expensive to buy and this sounds amazing!

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  • I have loads of mint in my garden and no idea what to do with it. Thanks for sharing!

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  • I’ve never tried making mint tea, only mint sauce for the roast. Will give it a go. Thanks.

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  • This is what my mum used to do with her mint .fresh peppermint tea love it

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  • how long does this last and do you store it in the cupboard or fridge. I have mint growing crazy so this is great

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  • Thanks for this beautiful home made mint tea. I made it and it stays fresh in a closed container. My family and friends love it when they come over. Thanks

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  • Wow i love this idea its so easy and simple.

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  • It would be great to have a homemade mint tea. Mint smells good.

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  • yum this would be really refreshing especially now with the weather the way that it is

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  • This is nice as fresh mint tea also. Try with lemongrass or any other herb you have in your garden.

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  • Love a hint of mint :)

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  • Love the idea of this. I am hoping this works for other types of mints, Lemon mint comes to mind.

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  • im not usually a tea drinker but this sounds nice..i love mint

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  • Great idea, we have so much mint growing atm so this works great.

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  • I love this idea! I’m a big tea drinker! Once we settle in to our new home..I’m planting mint along with other herbs.

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  • I knew I had read about this somewhere… thank goodness I found this post. Could not remember how long to dry them for!

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  • great idea.. never thought of using a blender to pulse the leaves; way better than snipping with scissors!

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  • wow, never thought to do this, thank you!

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