{"id":20,"date":"2026-10-06T11:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/2026\/10\/06\/honey-lime-iced-tea\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:56:42","slug":"honey-lime-iced-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/2026\/10\/06\/honey-lime-iced-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey-lime iced tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honey never dissolves in cold tea \u2014 it sinks to the bottom and sits there. The trick is to sweeten the tea while it is still warm, then chill it. Clover honey is our favourite here: buttery, gentle and never overpowering.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>4 black or green tea bags<\/li>\n<li>1 litre freshly boiled water<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp Spring Clover Honey<\/li>\n<li>2 limes, juiced, plus slices to serve<\/li>\n<li>Plenty of ice and a few mint leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Steep the tea bags for 4 minutes, then remove them.<\/li>\n<li>While the tea is still warm, stir in the honey until fully dissolved.<\/li>\n<li>Add the lime juice and leave to cool, then chill for at least an hour.<\/li>\n<li>Serve over ice with lime slices and mint.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Swap the clover for wildflower honey in late summer for a brighter, fruitier glass.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stir clover honey into warm tea before chilling so it dissolves smoothly, then finish with lime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[21,20,22],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drinks","tag-clover-honey","tag-iced-tea","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-honey-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}