Lemon verbena mint tea

This is mint, or the plant in the middle with white flowers on it.

This is lemon verbena. It taste like lemon

  If you mix the both in even amounts you can make a really nice refreshing tea for those hot summer days or after a long bike ride.
    First you pick equal amounts of each herb, rinse them really well and pull the leaves off the stem. It is really important to leave the stems out because they will make the tea bitter. I usually go for a half cup of each herb leaf.
  I then put the leaves in my teapot with the strainer and cover it with about 2 cups of boiling water and let it steep for about 5 to 10 minutes.
After steeping it is ready to drink. Sometimes I will drink it hot but most of the time I will had some raw honey and pour it over some ice for a nice cool drink. You could also easily make a simple syrup with equal parts sugar and water and use it for drinks. Like gin and vodka with a little bit of lemon juice or you could just drink it with some club soda. Nice. Cool. Refreshing.

Recipe
1/2 cup of mint  cleaned and leaves only
1/2 cup of lemon verbena cleaned and leaves only
2 Cups boiling water
Optional  raw honey
 Put mint and lemon verbena leaves in a tea strainer and pour boiling water over them in some sort of vessel.  Let steep for 5-10 minutes. pour over raw honey, optional, and ice or drink hot.