Hibiscus Green Tea
This hibiscus green tea recipe is the perfect combination of refreshing fruity flavors and nutrition. This beverage is teeming with healthy ingredients, like green tea. It’s perfect served with ice and a mint sprig.
I have spent more than a few days feeling tired all day long. Don’t you just hate those days? I committed to drinking green tea every day. and It’s truly the antidote to what ails you.
Not to say I haven’t had my bad days. But the good days are better and the bad days are not as bad as the worst ones. (My ode to Bilbo Baggins).
What You Need
You can find the full printable recipe, including ingredient quantities, below. But first, here are some explanations of ingredients and steps to help you make this recipe perfect every time.
Here are the ingredients you’ll need for this recipe:
- Filtered water — You can use plain tap water, but I feel like filtered water delivers the best flavors of the drink. If your water has any flavor at all, you’ll want to use filtered water.
- Green tea — I use either Kirkland Japanese Green Tea or Sprouts Green Tea.
- Hibiscus Tea — You can make your own Hibiscu Tea or use Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger or any hibiscu hebal tea bag.
- Mint tea — This is optional, but I enjoy adding a mint flavor. Any herbal mint tea bag will work. I used Bigelow Mint Medley.
- Sweetener — You don’t have to have a sweetener. But if you want it a little sweet, I like using stevia and/or monkfruit. Or you can add maple syrup or agave nectar and stir it in.
- Garnishes — Garnish this fruit punch with lemon or orange slices, fresh berries, and sprigs of mint.
How to Make Green Tea Hibiscus Punch
- Heat the water in a saucepan over medium heat or in the microwave. Make sure the water is hot but not boiling, then remove from heat.
- Add the tea bags and allow them to steep for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Pour the cooled punch into a pitcher, add sweetener and stir to combine. Place in the fridge to chill.
- Serve with ice, lemon slices, berries, and mint sprigs.
Marly’s Tips
Add some plain or flavored sparkling water to make yours a fizzy drink.
Green Tea Hibiscus Benefits
I love feeling great and this hibiscus fruit punch is now a part of my regular routine during the summer.
- Hibiscus — Hibiscus offers nutrients, like Vitamin C and antioxidants.
- Green Tea — Adding green tea has a lot of health benefits too. For example, you’ll add polyphenols to your diet that help reduce inflammation.
- Mint Tea — Using mint tea in this punch adds refreshing flavor but mint has also been used for hundreds of years to deal with stomach upset in addition to other benefits.
Storage Tips
Keep this beverage refrigerated. It will keep up to 5 days in the fridge. Keep it covered to prevent any flavors from the fridge from infiltrating the beverage.
This hibiscus punch is refreshing, minty, energizing, and absolutely perfect for the coming days of spring and summer!
More Vegan Beverage
Subscribe and get a free Easy Vegan Recipes eBook
Plus our latest vegan recipes delivered right to your inbox!
Hibiscus Green Tea
Ingredients
- 4 cups filtered water
- 1 green tea bag I used Kirkland Japanese Green Tea
- 1 hibiscus herbal tea bag I used Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger
- 1 mint tea bag I used Bigelow Mint Medley
- Stevia Sweetener or Stevia Sweetener to taste
- Lemon slices and frozen fruit such as blueberries
Instructions
- Heat the water in a sauce pan over medium heat, until hot but not boiling.
- Remove from heat and add the tea bags, allow to steep for about 5 minutes.
- Remove the tea bags and allow the mixture to cool before pouring into a pitcher. Add sweetener and stir to combine. Add ice, lemon slices, and frozen fruit.
(The products above contain sponsored links to products we use and recommend)
The nutrition information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator and should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Whatever punch or tea you’re sipping, enjoy!
This post was originally published in 2015 and was updated to include new photos, new text, and an updated recipe in 2020.
So bright and colorful! Just the perfect thing to pick me up from the grey rainy day. I actually have all the ingredients in my pantry right now! Cheers!
Don’t you love that – when you see a recipe you want a try and you have the ingredients on hand? Here’s to bright, sunshiney days! 🙂
Yum!! And so pretty… this would be lovely for a spring brunch… PINNING THIS! xo
This looks so good.. the perfect summer drink! Can’t wait to make it!
Hey Rita! I’m so glad you like the look of it. I’m SO surprised out how much hibiscus tea tastes like that Hawaiian punch stuff. Shawn’s not a big fan of mint so I leave that out for him. You may prefer it without mint too, but I happen to love the mint. In fact, now that my mint is coming up in the yard, I’m ready to add some fresh mint to my daily fruit punch. Yay!