A refreshing and soothing combination of mint, grapefruit juice, and honey. This grapefruit tea is a quick, caffeine-free drink you can make at home in minutes. Perfect for cold and flu season.

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Holding grapefruit honey mint tea on a cold winter day

During the cooler months we drink heaps of tea, so it's nice to have a caffeine-free option. This juicy and refreshing grapefruit mint tea is the perfect way to warm up. It comes together in minutes and requires just 3 ingredients (plus water)!

This drink isn't technically a tea, because there are no actual tea leaves (Camellia Sinensis) in it. That said, it does make for a delicious, hot, and soothing beverage to sip on. You could call it an herbal tea or tisane, if you prefer. I first had a version of this "tea" at a cafe in Toronto. The cafe was at the bottom of an office building I used to work from—and during breaks, I'd shell out far too much money for this tasty beverage. Spoiler alert: this drink is super simple (and much cheaper) to make yourself, at home!

Five cups of grapefruit honey mint tea on a stone table

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Benefits

We drink this grapefruit honey mint tea often because it's delicious and easy to make. And, since this tea is naturally caffeine free, we can enjoy it right before bed without worrying it'll keep us up!

This tea has some other benefits too, which makes it a great drink to make during cold and flu season:

Grapefruit provides an extra boost of vitamin C
Honey soothes a sore throat (source)
Mint is a decongestant and soothes sore throats (source)

How to make

Stove top method (our preferred method)

Our favorite way to make this tea is on the stovetop. The steps are:

Combine water and mint in a small saucepan and bring the water to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and let the mint steep for a few minutes. Remove the mint.
Stir in grapefruit juice and honey.

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Kettle method (shortcut)

If you don't have access to a stove, you can instead pour hot water from a kettle over the mint—and then mix everything together directly in the mug. The downsides of this method is that your drink won't be as hot because the grapefruit juice will cool down the hot water. And, we find the mint flavor doesn't get as pronounced. That said, we figured we'd share this alternate method in case you're in a pinch! But if you can make this recipe on the stove top, definitely do it!

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