Apple-Rose Hip Iced Tea

Name: Apple-Rose Hip Iced Tea
Ingredients: ½ cup apple juice or white grape juice; ½ cup apple juice or white grape juice; 2 teaspoons dried rose hips or 4 rose hip or hibiscus tea bags; Fresh mint sprigs and slices of your favorite apple for garnishing; Fresh mint sprigs and slices of your favorite apple for garnishing; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; ¼ cup ginger ale; Finely crushed ice; 2 teaspoons dried rose hips or 4 rose hip or hibiscus tea bags; 2 teaspoons dried rose hips or 4 rose hip or hibiscus tea bags

Preparation info

Makes
2
drinks

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

From the Earth to the Table

By John Ash

Published 1995

About

Rose hips are available at health food stores and are very rich in vitamin C. They also add a rosy hue to the drink.

Ingredients

½ cup apple juice or white grape juice
2 teaspoons dried rose hips or 4

Vegan
Drinks
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the apple juice and rose hips and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Strain and chill.

Fill 2 tall glasses half full of crushed ice and pour in the juice mixture, ginger ale, and lemon juice. Garnish each glass with a mint sprig and an apple slice.