5-8sprigs fresh organic mint or 2 herbal mint tea bags
2cupswater or ice cubesoptional
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Instructions
Wash orange and lemons really well taking care to remove any dirt. Quarter and remove any seeds you can see.
Place fruit in a blender along with the sugar and warm water. If you’re using fresh mint, wash it and add it to the blender as well.
Blend on medium for 30 seconds until the fruit breaks up. You don’t want all of the skin to blend into the juice, you just are trying to remove as much of the pulp and juice as you can.
After 30 seconds check to see everything has been chopped up. The remaining skin and harder parts of the fruit will float to the top of the blender.
Place a strainer over a bowl and pour the contents of the blender into the strainer. You may also want to squeeze the fruit in the strainer to get out any extra juice that may be stuck.
If you’re using herbal mint in tea bags, place the bags into a pitcher and transfer the juice to a pitcher. Because the juice is warm it will help the mint flavor release from the tea bags. After 5 minutes taste the juice.
You can adjust the flavor at this point. If it is too concentrated add some water to thin it down a bit. If you prefer your juice more sweet, you can add sugar. If you want to serve immediately add ice (lots!) to water and cool it down.
Notes
Sliced oranges and lemons can also be added to the juice to add flavor and color.