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AriZona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey Recipe
AriZona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey
By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Drink
Calories: 60
Cook Time: 1 hour
Recipe Rating: 4.8 (13 reviews)
 

Hard to believe it takes only one regular-size green tea bag to make this entire 2-quart clone of the popular iced tea in the foam green bottles. Find the liquid ginseng for this recipe in your local health food store. Be sure to get American ginseng if you can - since the Chinese stuff can taste pretty rank.
2 quarts (8 cups) water
1 Lipton green tea bag (regular size)
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon ginseng extract

1. Heat water in a large saucepan until it boils. Turn off heat, put the teabag in the water, then cover the pan and let the tea steep for 1 hour.

2. Pour the sugar and honey into a 2-quart pitcher. Pour the tea into the pitcher and stir to dissolve sugar.

3. Add lemon juice and ginseng and stir. Chill and serve.

Makes 2 quarts.
        
teenage girl  
Submitted on 04/28/09
This recipe is delicious!! Can't tell the difference! A must try!
david  
Submitted on 01/21/09
All of your recipes have turned out amazing and this one's no different, *whisper* Do you know how to read foods minds?
Phyllis  
Submitted on 09/01/08
My teenage son once bought Arizona green tea all the time, but not anymore. He loves the homemade version much more. I use a decaf green tea bag. If I'm in a hurry I leave out the ginseng and he never notices.
Abby  
Submitted on 10/17/07
Too much honey. But besides that - perfect!!
walkie74  
Submitted on 09/26/07
I end up doubling the recipe and making a very large pot of this tea. My former roommate would drink it like water; my boyfriend is almost as bad. :) Instead of using a tea bag, I use a tablespoon of loose green tea, bought in bulk. I also use Splenda and honey for health reasons. All in all, some of Todd's best work!
Kait  
Submitted on 03/08/07
I love this stuff. I pretty much always have a pitcher on the go now! I've never bought the ginseng and still feel that it tastes almost identical to the real thing. Thanks for this amazing recipe.
GoodTimeCharlie429  
Submitted on 02/02/07
This has always been a favorite drink of mine in the stores but, I love it even more now that I can make it at home. Way better than $1.50 a pop!!! Total brilliance. MAD PROPS!!!
erin  
Submitted on 09/21/06
Wow...it really is hard to believe you only use one tea bag! I was making iced green tea all of the time in my iced tea maker, but i never could really perfect it so i was constantly changing it. This is great!
cathy  
Submitted on 07/18/06
This is my 16 yr old grandson's favorite drink! He likes this better than the bottled bought at the store.
Andrew  
Submitted on 01/16/06
I have always loved the taste of Arizona green tea, and how they make it taste so great with little sugar. Now I can make it at home and drink it whenever I want. Thanks!
Adam from Cincinnati  
Submitted on 12/29/05
This is a really good recipe. Taste like the real thing. I make it by the gallon.
KVG  
Submitted on 08/30/05
One of my favorite recipes but i think there is too much lemon.
MC  
Submitted on 07/26/05
Pretty good - it tastes a lot like the real thing, even without the ginseng extract.