This week I harvested a large bunch of mint and lemon balm from our gardens to dry and store for use in teas. That same night I was hosting our monthly book club at our house so decided it would be fun to make an herbal sun tea for us to sip on while we chatted about our book selection for the month.

Last month I posted a recipe for making Meadow Tea (click here to read the post) but this time I wanted to experiment with making a sun tea with a variety of flavors.

This year I was given two chocolate mint plant starts that are thriving but not big enough to harvest from to dry. I picked two sprigs of chocolate mint, a bunch of lemon balm, and a bunch of mint. I placed them in my large glass sun tea jar, filled with water, put the lid on and sat outside in the hot summer sunshine to work its magic.

After the tea sat out all afternoon, I removed the greens and put them in the compost bin. I added about 1TBS honey to sweeten a little. The sun tea went in the refrigerator to chill until book club started.

To serve this tasty herbal tea, I filled a glass with ice and poured tea over the ice. To top it off I added a fresh lemon slice, just squeeze into the glass of tea and enjoy!