Spicy ice tea

Ingredients:

Tea leaves 1 spoon full
Brown sugar or Indian jaggery 3-4 spoons
Ginger root 4 inch
Mint leaves 1 spoon
Whole black pepper half spoon
Sliced lemon
Cardamom powdered
Chilled water/chilled soda(optional)
Ice cubes

Preparation:

1. Boil the tea leaves in half cup of water and filter it.

2. Peel the skin of ginger and grate them in a blender. Now add excess of water to ginger and drain them in a colander for ginger juice.

3. Coarsely grind the black pepper. One should not roast the pepper for this before grinding.

4. Now in a long glass add brown sugar, cardamom followed by tea extract, ginger extract and black pepper. Make it to the whole glass by adding cold water and ice cubes.

5. Garnish it with mint leaves and sliced lemon just before serving.