Terrific Iced Tea
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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6 cups
ingredients
- 2 cups boiling mineral water
- 2 teaspoons tea (eg. Peach, Plum, Lemon, Earl Grey, Bruckingham Palace Garden Party, or Windsor Castle blend)
- 2 sprigs mint leaves
- 1⁄2 of a fresh orange, juice and zested rind
- 1⁄2 of a fresh lemon, juice and zested rind
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 3 1⁄2 cups mineral water
directions
- Steep tea and mint leaves in boiled spring water for 10 minutes. Strain.
- Zest orange and lemon rinds, avoiding the white pith.
- Squeeze the juice of the orange and lemon into a large jug, add the strained tea, fruit zest and sugar. Stir well to make sure sugar is dissolved.
- Chill and serve over ice.
- Hint: freeze some of this mixture into ice cubes!
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Reviews
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I made a batch of this ,this morning and now i cant stop drinking it, i admit to using a family size tea bag, instead of the loose tea; I just love the fruit rind in it.Being a Brit in America, it has taken a few years for me to get used to my tea being cold , but i love this recipe, very refreshing.
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You would think that as I had spent nearly 6 years in Arizona, I would be an expert on iced tea, but being a British hot tea drinker I was bothered by it and had never really tried it. At a sweltering afternoon tea party, held by MarieAlice, I gave this a go, and I was really suprised. It was really refreshing and I went to get some more but found the jug empty! Anyway, I had to make it for myself and it was just wonderful. I made it exactly as the recipe, but next time I would strain off the rinds before giving to the kids as they are a bit fussy about having 'bits' in their drinks. Here's hoping for a hot summer!
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I made a batch of this ,this morning and now i cant stop drinking it, i admit to using a family size tea bag, instead of the loose tea; I just love the fruit rind in it.Being a Brit in America, it has taken a few years for me to get used to my tea being cold , but i love this recipe, very refreshing.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
MarieRynr
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