Iced Green Tea With Ginger - cooking recipe

Ingredients

500 ml water
1/2 - 1 cm fresh ginger
3 teaspoons green tea leaves
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
ice
lemon balm leaves (optional)

Preparation

Measure water into a saucepan, add ginger and bring to boil.
Add tea leaves; brew 1-3 minutes (or longer, depending on how strong you like your tea).
Add sugar and lemon juice, strain tea.
Allow to cool and add ice. Garnish with lemon balm leaves.