Cucumber Iced Tea (with Yakult)

Ingredients

4 yellow (international blend) Lipton tea bags
1 cucumber, unpeeled, cut into1/8-inch slices
¼ cup honey

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup water
Yakult probiotic drink

Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove the pan from the heat and add the tea bags and half the cucumber slices. Cover and let steep until cool, about 15 minutes. 

Meanwhile, combine the honey and ¼ cup hot water in a measuring cup and stir until the honey is dissolved.  To make the syrup: a) stir the sugar and water to dissolve the sugar crystals slightly, 2) allow the mixture to boil, and c) do not stir once the syrup is formed.

Fill a large glass pitcher with ice and a few cucumber slices. Strain the cooled tea into the pitcher and discard the steeped cucumbers. Add the honey mixture, syrup and 4 cups of water and stir to combine. Add Yakult. To serve, pour the tea into tall glasses full of ice. 

My daughter and son first tasted this when they were on vacation.  They said that there is a missing ingredient that would have duplicated what they originally had – mint leaves which would have been steeped together with the tea bags and cucumber slices.  But mint or no mint,  the cucumber drink was light and refreshing!