How to Make Fresh Mint Tea

Fresh mint tea works wonderfully as a hot or cold infusion. 

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Every night after dinner you can be sure to find me with a hot cup of mint tea in my hands. A nightly cup of tea is my little ritual that marks the end of the day.

The act of sipping tea is soothing, it’s not something you can rush through, it demands that you slow down and unwind.  For me, it’s a vital moment of calm and comfort before turning in for the night.

Making fresh mint tea is easy and great for sipping on after meals.

The wonderful thing about mint tea is that it’s so easy to make yourself. You can mix several different kinds of mint together like spearmint, peppermint, and chocolate mint to make your own special blend, or just keep it simple and stick with one.  One of my favorites for digestion is peppermint, so I often make a simple peppermint tea to sip on after meals.

Once you’ve tried a cup of freshly steeped mint tea you’ll never go back to the dried mint tea you get in a box.  There’s just no comparing the flavor of brewing from fresh leaves vs. dried.  Fresh mint tea tastes bright and clean, while the flavor of dried mint can be rather bitter and dull when brewed too long.  The key is to crush the fresh leaves while they are brewing to release the essential oils.

Making fresh peppermint tea at home is easy and great for digestion.

Fresh mint tea also works wonderfully either as a cold infusion.  At night I’ll make it hot, but during the day I let it cool (adding a bit of honey while still warm to sweeten), then pour into a pitcher, and keep it in the refrigerator for when I want something minty and refreshing to drink.

Serves serves 1-2

How to Make Fresh Mint

Fresh mint tea is easy to make at home and works wonderfully as a hot or cold infusion.

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10 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • A large handful of fresh mint leaves (organic) or from your garden
  • About 2 cups/240ml filtered water (depending on how strong you want your tea)
  • Honey to taste

Instructions

  1. Roughly tear the leaves with your hands and place them in a small strainer placed over a teapot or glass bowl.
  2. Bring the water to a boil and pour over the leaves. (The water should cover the leaves in the strainer)
  3. Cover the teapot or bowl and let the leaves steep for at least 5 to 10 minutes.
  4. Gently bruise the mint leaves with the back of a wooden spoon or a muddler to release the oils, then remove the strainer pressing on the leaves to extract as much liquid as possible.
  5. Pour into tea cups or mug and sweeten with honey or sugar to taste if desired.

Notes

For iced mint tea: follow the directions above adding sweetener if using while the tea is still warm,then store in the fridge until ready to serve. Serve over ice with an additional sprig of fresh mint.

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  1. Hi there.....Just wanted to say what a beautiful blog you have. Such stunning pictures. I hate hate hate tea but you make it look divine. Can I ask how you acieved the lighting on the first tea shot? It looks like back lighting but how close are you to the window? Sorry, might sound a little silly but I'm very new to this. Ive tried using backlighting but end up with an image looking like a silhouette. Yours looks amazing!!!!!!! Oh and may I ask what lens you used??
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    • Thanks Sukaina, that's so sweet of you to say. Youre correct the lighting here is indeed diffused back lighting from a large window. I placed the cup on a table a few feet away from the window at a slight angle. I used my 100mm Macro Lens.
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  2. hello sweet friend, how are you? i thought i could just come by and leave a "hello to you girl!" and i chose this recipe to do it because i bought mint to grow on my kitchen because of this, and every time i look at it, i think about doing this tea! maybe this weekend i will try this simple recipe and smooth my weekend evenings! thank you and congratulations on such a beautiful blog! :) hugs, twiggs
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  5. I am also drinking dried mint tea right now, but your page made me excited to try using fresh leaves. We have tons of spearmint growing along the side of the house as a decorative ground cover that smells wonderful all summer long. Growing up my mom made mint-infused water for us all summer. No boiling, she just put the fresh mint in a pitcher of cold water and let it sit in the fridge over night. Just leave the mint attached to the stem and then you can easily pull out the mint a day or two later. Best summer drink ever.
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  6. Thank you for this post! My son has a fever this morning and I wanted to make him some fresh mint tea with ginger (I just trimmed back my mint yesterday). I think after I make the hot infusion, I'll cool some and make a sun tea as well. I appreciate the inspiration! Also, I have raspberry bushes in my yard as well and when I trim the suckers, I keep the leaves for tea. I add them to the mint and dry some for later use.
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  8. I just made mint tea from fresh leaves.....yummmm I find it tastes so different from the tea bags in the store. There is a distinct flavor touched with just a hint of oil How much water do you use with a small hand full of fresh mint leaves?
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  10. I am also growing mint in my garden this year. I added Chocolate mint, Orange mint, and Mohito mint this year. I am also a tea lover. I will be trimming some mint this evening to try your recipe. Just found your blog, it is a great site.
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  14. I found that double brewing works as well. I am using a tea pot with a built in strainer. I first prepare a hot mint tea to enjoy. I seep mine for 8 minutes. Pour any excess tea from the pot into a cup and add another round of boiling water. Again I seep for 8 minutes. The next day I have delicious mint iced tea to enjoy with my lunch.
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