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Hong Kong Style Lemon Tea Ice Pops

Course Dessert
Cuisine Hong Kong
Keyword cha chaan teng, frozen treat, hong kong style cafe, lemon, popsicle, tea
Servings 8 popsicles
Author Lokness

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 3 tablespoons Ceylon black tea
  • 3 cups water
  • 8 slices lemon (about ¼-inch thick)

Simple Syrup:

  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup sugar

Instructions

  • To make the syrup, in a small pot, combine water and sugar. Cook over medium-high heat until the sugar has melted and the syrup starts to boil, stirring occassionally. Remove from heat to cool.
  • In another small pot, combine the tea leaves and 3 cup of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Once it starts to boil, reduce heat to low and cook for 5 minutes. Strain the tea through a sieve to a large glass measuring cup or a medium bowl. Discard the tea leaves. Let the tea cool at room temperature for at least 30 minutes. 
  • Add the lemon slices into the tea. Using a spoon, poke each lemon slices (the flesh part) a few times to release the flavors. Add all the syrup. Stir and taste. If there isn't enough lemon flavors, poke the lemon slices a few more times.
  • Sieve the tea into an easy-pour container. Fill the popsicle molds by leaving 1/8-inch space on top. If using molds that contain sticks or hold wooden ones in place, put on lids and freeze. If using open cup molds, freeze until beginning to set, about 1½ hours, then insert the sticks and put back in freezer.
  • After about 5 hours, popsicles are ready. If the popsicles are stuck in the molds, dip the molds in warm water for 10 seconds or so. Remove molds and serve.

Notes

  1. For storage: Place a wax paper around the popsicle and put in a Ziploc bag. They can be kept for at least a couple weeks in the freezer. (Maybe even longer.)
  2. I got my Ceylon tea from Amazon.
  3. When preparing the tea, keep in mind that the flavors won’t be as strong once the pops are frozen. So, that’s why the tea is stronger and sweeter than normal.
  4. There maybe tiny little tea leaves in the tea even after sieving. To get rid of them, before pouring the tea into the popsicle molds, let it sit for 3 – 4 minutes. Any small tea leaves would sink to the bottom. When you pour slowly, the leaves would remain at the bottom.