Grapefruit Tea Recipes

Grapefruit Peel Tea
Grapefruit Peel Tea is known for many years due to its antibacterial and antifungal properties. As the name suggests, grapefruit peel tea is made from the peel of the grapefruit, the white portion under the rind, which is very rich in antioxidants that help strengthen your immune system. It also contains pectin and fiber, substances that help lower the bad cholesterol levels in the body.

You can make Grapefruit Peel Tea by mincing the white rind of the fruit and placing it in about 8 cups of boiled water.
Let the mix boil for about 2 minutes and after that, let it steep for 15 minutes.
Keep in mind that grapefruit peel tea has a bitter taste and you might consider sweeten it with honey or sugar.
Grapefruit Peel Tea Benefits
Helps remove toxins from the body.
Clears the respiratory tract.
Lowers bad cholesterol.
Provides relaxation.
Helps fight allergies.
Strong allied in the treatment of some digestive and bladder problems.
Grapefruit Peel Tea Side Effects
Pregnant or breastfeeding women should avoid drinking Grapefruit Peel Tea.
Grapefruit peel tea may interact with the effects of some medications, so make sure you always consult your doctor before drinking grapefruit peel tea.
Try not to drink excessive amounts of Grapefruit Peel Tea if you have breast cancer or a higher than usual risk of developing breast cancer.
All in all, Grapefruit Peel Tea can be a healthy start for your day, giving you the energy that you need due to its many vitamins. Just keep in mind its side effects and try to avoid as much as you can experiencing them!

Warm Grapefruit Tea
This refreshing recipe for warm grapefruit tea was first published in the February 2008 issue of Body+Soul.

Ingredients
2 cups ruby red grapefruit juice (squeezed from 2 grapefruits)
2 to 4 tablespoons honey
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoon whole allspice berries
Instructions
In a medium pot, combine juice, honey, cinnamon, allspice, and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil over high heat; strain and discard solids. Serve with a grapefruit segment or strip of zest.

Pink Grapefruit and Green Tea
Ingredients
4 grapefruits
1 teaspoon powdered green tea (“matcha”)
Instructions
Juice grapefruit and bring 1 cup of the juice to a boil. Stir in green tea. Add to the remaining juice. Refrigerate.

Grapefruit Honey Mint Tea
Ingredients
2 sprigs of mint (extra for garnish, if desired)*
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup fresh grapefruit juice (~1 whole grapefruit)**
Honey, to taste (~1 1/2 tsp.)
Instructions
Put water and mint sprigs into a small pot. Heat over medium heat and bring to a boil.
While the water is boiling, cut the grapefruit in half and squeeze to juice.
Once the water is boiling, reduce to a simmer. Simmer for ~2-3 minutes, then remove sprigs of mint. Add grapefruit juice and honey. Adjust honey based on desired sweetness. Pour into a mug and garnish with extra mint, if desired. Enjoy warm.
Notes:
This recipe can be easily scaled up. Just use a 1:1 ratio for grapefruit juice and water; and adjust the rest accordingly.
*Each sprig should have ~15 mint leaves (~30 leaves total). If you have smaller sprigs, just add an extra one to the pot. They don't steep for long, so there needs to be enough mint to extract flavor.
**The juice yield can differ by fruit. Best to have an extra grapefruit on hand in case you run a bit short. And, that way you can make extra! If you want to remove all traces of pulp, strain juice before adding to hot water.

Red grapefruit Tea
Ingredients
2 teaspoons loose-leaf or 2 bags rooibos tea
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup fresh Ruby Red grapefruit juice (from 2 grapefruits)
Grapefruit slices, for serving
Instructions
Brew tea in 2 cups boiling water 4 minutes; strain or remove bag.
Let cool completely. Meanwhile, combine sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan.
Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
Let cool completely, then combine with grapefruit juice and tea in a pitcher.
Refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 2 days. Serve over ice, garnished with grapefruit slices.

Grapefruit Tea
Ingredients
1 quart boiling water
3 regular size tea bags
2 regular size mint tea bags
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup grapefruit juice
1 quart cold water
Instructions
Pour boiling water over tea bags, cover and steep 5 minutes.
Remove tea bags, squeezing gently.
Add sugar and remaining ingredients. Serve over ice.

Grapefruit Rind Tea
Things You'll Need
One medium sized grapefruit
Paring knife
Large bowl
Tossing tongs
Extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt
Cutting board or platter
Step 1
Cut the leftover grapefruit skin or rinds into small pieces.
Place the pieces of grapefruit skin into the simmering water.
Add 1/2 tsp. of sea salt to the water and grapefruit skin to cut the bitterness of the tea.
Turn the water temperature back up to medium high and let boil for 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 2
Turn off the boiling pot of tea. Use a metal or wooden spoon to stir the tea for a few seconds.
Cover the pot once again and let it sit for an additional 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 3
Pour the hot tea into a cup and enjoy it before bed, in the morning or anytime during the day.
Strain the remaining tea after it cools and put it into a glass pitcher.
Place it in the refrigerator to enjoy as a cool grapefruit iced tea or reheated as a warm tea.

Honey Grapefruit Tea
Ingredients
- Graperfruit
- Crystal sugar
- Honey
Instructions
Firstly, peel off the yellow-orange skin, you also can make this tea using the skin. But it tastes nasty, and need a lot of working procedures to deal with it. So, I only use the flesh.
Then, peel off the white skin, left the flesh. If you’re not a big fan of bitter, make sure the white skin removed totally, since it is the most bitter part.
Put the flesh and Crystal sugar mixture in the pan, mix in small amount of water. How much crystal sugar, more or less, it is up to your preference.
Then we put it on fire, cook for about 40 min, stirring occasionally, until thickened.
Take the mixture out into glass jars, waiting for cooling
Since high temperature will destroy the nutrition of honey, so we must waiting for cooling, mix into honey.
Then, put the mixture into refrigerator.
Prepare a cup of warm water, put honey grapefruit tea in the water, stir the tea to make it well mixed.
Beside drinking, you can also eat it as the jam.
Sit back and enjoy!

Grapefruit Tangy and Tart Iced Tea with Mint
Ingredients
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup mint leaves, plus mint sprigs for garnish
4 cups brewed black tea, cooled (use 2 tea bags)
2 cups grapefruit juice
InstructionsCombine the sugar, water and mint leaves in a small saucepan.
Heat on the stove top over low heat until the sugar has dissolved and the mint has infused the syrup, about 10 minutes. Strain and cool.
In a large pitcher add the tea, grapefruit juice and mint syrup.
Serve chilled over ice and garnish each glass with a sprig of mint.
Add the rum to the pitcher, if desired.

Grapefruit Iced Tea
Ingredients
1 quart boiling water
3 herbal lemon tea bags
2 regular size mint tea bags
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup grapefruit juice
1 quart cold water
Instructions
Pour boiling water over tea bags, cover & steep 5 minutes.
Remove tea bags, squeezing gently.
Add sugar & remaining ingredients.
Serve over ice and garnish with mint leaves.

Grapefruit Sweetened Iced Tea
Grapefruit Essential Oil adds citrusy flavor to this honey-sweetened Iced Tea; the perfect refreshing drink to sip on all summer long!
Ingredients
12 (standard-sized) Black Tea Bags
4 cups Boiling Water
½ cup Honey (or more to taste)
6 drops Grapefruit Essential Oil
¼ teaspoon Baking Soda (to reduce bitterness)
12 cups Cold Water
Ice
Instructions
Steep Tea Bags in boiling water for about 10 minutes.
Stir in Honey and Grapefruit Essential Oil until honey is dissolved.
Add Baking Soda and Cold Water; Stir to combine.
Refrigerate until cold; Serve with lots of ice!
Makes about 1 gallon.

Red Grapefruit and Mint Iced Tea
Ingredients
Mint syrup
¼ cup water
¼ cup sugar
2 sprigs fresh mint

Iced tea
3 tea bags
2 cups hot water
3 ½ cups cold water
1 cup fresh Paramount Citrus red grapefruit juice
Ice
Red grapefruit slices and mint sprigs for garnish
Instructions
Heat the ¼ cup of water and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Stir until the sugar dissolves completely and the syrup thickens slightly, about 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and add the mint sprigs.
Let sit until it cools completely. (The longer it sits the stronger the mint flavor.)
Place the tea bags in a heat-safe bowl and add the 2 cups of hot water.
Let the tea bags steep and the tea cool for about 15 minutes.
Discard the tea bags and transfer the tea to a pitcher.
Add the 3 ½ cups cold water and stir in the grapefruit juice.
Strain syrup to remove the mint and discard the mint.
Add the syrup to the tea and stir well.
Serve over ice and garnish with red grapefruit slices and mint sprigs.

Grapefruit Iced Green Tea
 Ingredients
3 bags of green tea
3 cups of boiling water
2 thick slices of grapefruit - I used pink grapefruit
Instructions
Pour boiling water over green tea bags and grapefruit.
Brew per directions. My tea only took about two minutes.
Remove tea bags and fruit and set tea aside to cool.
Add ice cubes and serve cold.

Citrus-Honey Green Tea
Ingredients
1 (2 inch) piece lemon zest, cut into thin slivers
2 teaspoons boiling water
2 teaspoons green tea powder
3/4 cup hot water
1/2 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon honey
Instructions
Put lemon zest into a large cup or mug. Cover with 2 teaspoons boiling water and let steep for about 3 minutes. Stir in the green tea powder and hot water. Add the grapefruit juice, lemon juice and honey. Mix well and serve.
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