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Since cutting soda out of my diet, I’m always looking for healthy drinks to take the place of water in the afternoons when I need something to switch it up a little. Green tea is my favorite iced drink at coffee shops, so I thought that making some Instant Pot Iced Tea at my house was a great idea–and I was totally correct! Here are the directions for Basil Lime Green Tea in the Instant Pot.
What do I need to make this green tea recipe at home?
You can make this recipe at home in your Instant Pot with a few simple ingredients. It’s hard to believe that this delicious tea comes from these few ingredients. Once you give it a try you’ll be making this recipe weekly like we do!
- water
- honey
- green tea
- baking soda (optional)
- lemon slices
- lime slices
- basil leaves
How to make Instant Pot ice green tea:
1) Add the cold water to the Instant Pot. Mix in the honey and baking soda (optional) until it is dissolved.
2) Remove the tags from the tea bags, tie all the strings together to make it easier to remove the tea bags later.
3) Add the lid to your pressure cooker and turn the pressure valve to sealing. Cook on high pressure using the manual function for 4 minutes. When done release the pressure using a controlled quick release. Let tea cool to room temperature then pour into a pitcher to store in the refrigerator. It’ll be boiling water essentially so it’s important to let it cool down a bit!
4) To serve pour over ice with lemon slices, lime slices, and basil leaves. If you like a sweeter tea, you can add more honey to your glass. I stay away from things like simple syrup and sugar in my sweet teas because of the 21 Day Fix but you can certainly go crazy with your favorite sweetener to suit your tastes.
What is the baking soda for in this ice tea recipe?
If you haven’t tried using some baking soda to take away the bitterness that green tea can get you are missing out! Using some baking soda to take away the bitterness can really help, it’s a nice little trick I thought I’d share with you in this Instant Pot green tea recipe.
When you are making other kids of tea like mint tea or lime iced tea you probably don’t have to worry as much about bitterness. Normal black tea doesn’t usually get very bitter either. When it comes to green tea sometimes that bitterness is just too much for me so that is all the baking soda is for.
You can certainly leave it out if you like. It’s not got any secret health benefits or anything :)
Do you have any other Instant Pot recipes I can try?
If you’re looking for more easy to print Instant Pot recipes? My eBooks have all of my recipes in a place that’s easy to print them all at once.
I also have some other delightful recipes you can try. Here are the links for some of my most favorite drink recipes.
How many servings does this lime green tea recipe make?
You can make it into however many servings suits you best! I usually say it’s about eight servings. Assuming you make this into 8 servings it comes out to 2 Points per serving on Weight Watchers Blue, Green, and, Purple.
Why does this have points? Because of the honey. This green tea recipe is sweetened with honey which is a nice natural option but it does have points. You could try using a more WW friendly sweetener if you’d like!
Printable Green Tea Recipe:
Instant Pot Green Tea | Instant Pot Iced Tea | Basil Lime Green Tea
Ingredients
- 1 gallon water 16 cups
- 1/4 C honey
- pinch of baking soda optional
- 10 bags of green tea
- Lemon slices
- Lime slices
- Basil leaves
Instructions
- Add the water to the Instant Pot. Mix in the honey and baking soda (optional) until it is dissolved. 1 gallon water, 1/4 C honey, pinch of baking soda
- Remove the tags from the tea bags, tie all the strings together to make it easier to remove the tea bags later. 10 bags of green tea
- Add the lid and turn the pressure valve to sealing. Cook on high pressure using the manual function for 4 minutes. When done release the pressure using a controlled quick release. Let tea cool to remove temperature then pour into a pitcher to store in the refrigerator.
- To serve pour over ice with lemon slices, lime slices, and basil leaves. If you like a sweeter tea, you can add more honey to your glass. Lemon slices, Lime slices, Basil leaves
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such a great recipe. But can I use ginger for making this?
Absolutely!
I’ve never heard od using baking soda when making tea. What purpose does it serve? Thanks!
It just takes out some of the bitterness that tea can get :) You can leave it out if you prefer!
Thank you, Becca! Bitter is my LEAST favorite flavor! I made a batch earlier today using green tea with jasmine, a few slices of ginger & a little honey. Very good but a bit bitter. Thanks for the tip. Blessings to you!
Oh, well this is perfect then! Try that baking soda and let me know if it works for you!
Hi we just tried to make this but the bags busted in the instant pot. Do you happen to know what we did wrong? Thanks!
Hi Michelle! I have no idea–what brand of bags did you use?