Cucumber water is nutritious and makes a wonderful summer beverage or simply a good refreshing cocktail!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 5 |
| Yield: | 5 drinks |
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 black tea bags, or more to taste
- ice
- 1 cucumber, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 5 cups sparkling water, or as needed
- 1 lemon
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil in a kettle. Pour into a pitcher. Stir in sugar until it dissolves into a syrup. Add tea bags; let steep, about 5 minutes.
- Fill 5 glasses with ice cubes. Add some cucumber slices. Fill glasses 3/4 full of sparking water. Divide sweet tea evenly among glasses. Squeeze some lemon juice into each drink; stir.
Reviews
3.16.17 Cut back a little on the sugar, since I seem to like food less sweet these days (personal taste preference), and I used Trader Joe’s lemon sparkling water (what I had on hand). The first flavor that you taste is the fresh cucumber, than the tea kicks in, and the sparkling water just makes it all refereshing. Hubby not a big fan of this (not surprised), but I definitely liked it and will be making it again. r4ch31-9xx, thanks for a new drink.