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3 Detox Iced Teas for the Summer

Keep your body cool while you enjoy the most delicious way to detox, using ingredients you probably already have on hand.

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3 Detox Iced Teas for the Summer

Keep your body cool while you enjoy the most delicious way to detox, using ingredients you probably already have on hand.

Ingredients

  • 1 lemon
  • 5 thinly sliced ginger coins
  • 10 fresh basil leaves
  • 3 tablespoon raw honey
  • 4 cups boiling water
  • Optional: lemon slices and fresh basil, for garnish

Steps

  1. Cut the lemon in half and juice it into a large 1 qt. mason jar, removing any seeds.
  2. Add the lemon halves into a pitcher, along with the ginger coins, honey, and fresh basil leaves.
  3. Pour boiling water into the pitcher.
  4. Allow to steep until cool, and then remove the ginger, basil, and lemon halves.
  5. Serve over ice, garnished with lemon slices and fresh basil, if desired.

Ingredients

  • 2 green tea bags
  • 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon raw honey
  • 3 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 4 cups coconut water, heated
  • Optional: fresh blueberries and mint leaves, for garnish

Steps

  1. Add the blueberries, tea bags, honey, and lemon juice into a pitcher.
  2. Pour boiling coconut water into the pitcher.
  3. Allow to steep for 5 minutes, and then remove the tea bags.
  4. Serve over ice, garnished with fresh blueberries and mint, if desired.

Ingredients

  • 2 black tea bags
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground tumeric
  • 1 tablespoon raw honey
  • 4 cups boiling water
  • Optional: additional ground cinnamon and turmeric, for garnish

Steps

  1. Add the tea bags, cinnamon, turmeric, and raw honey to a pitcher.
  2. Pour boiling water into the pitcher.
  3. Allow to steep for 5 minutes, and then remove tea bags.
  4. Serve over ice, garnished with additional ground cinnamon and turmeric, if desired.