Iced Ginger Green Tea With Fruit Skewers

Total Time: 1 hr 13 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 8 cups fresh water, hot
• 4 cups fresh water, cool
• 1/4 cup sugar, to taste (or honey, agave syrup)
• 3 inches fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
• 5 tablespoons green tea (cloud and mist, zhen mee or apricot green)
• sugar (optional) or honey, to taste (optional)
• wooden skewer
• strawberry
• mango, cut into chunks
• kiwi fruit, cut into pieces
• melon ball
• lime, quartered
• orange strip (zest)
• ice cube

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, combine hot water, sugar and ginger. bring mixture to the boil; reduce heat. simmer, covered, for 5 minutes. remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes. add green tea an stir; let stand, covered, for 3 minutes. sweeten to taste, if desired. stir in cool water.
• 2 pour liquid through fine mesh strainer into 1-gallon pitcher or punch bowl. (discard ginger and tea leaves.) cover; cool 1 hour or chill until ready to serve. garnish with fruit skewes.
• 3 fruit skewers: on a 12-inch wooden skewer, alternate fruits, lime quarters, and orange peel strips. place skewer inside pitcher or punch bowl as a decorative swizzle stick. use 6 inch wooden skewers for individual servings.