Minted Iced Tea
"Very refreshing for those hot days ahead - Note no sugar in this drink, with the mint you just don't need it. I know tho that some of you seeties will want to add sugar! You may want to dilute the tea ever further-it's up to you and how you like your tea"
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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2 Quarts
ingredients
- 1 quart hot boiled water
- 1⁄4 cup tea leaves
- 5 sprigs mint, bruised with a spoon
- 1 quart cold water
directions
- Remove the boiling water from heat add tea leaves and the mint.
- let stand uncovered for 5 minutes.
- Pour 1 quart cold water into a 2 quart picher, Strain the mint tea mixture into the cold water in the pitcher.
- Do not refrigerate.
- When you want to serve pour over ice into frosted glasses and decorate with a sprig of mint.
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Hey Bergy, made this minted tea last night and just tasted it now, very very good!!! The first use of the mint I planted, (it's growing like a weed, just as everyone said it would), very refreshing, will be making it alternately with your cold coffee all summer. No sugar is great and much better for us!! Thanks for posting. -
Very refreshing. I did need to add some equal to mine though. Very easy to make too!! -
I tried this, and I like the flavor, but I did have one problem. I think my tea is a lot stronger that what is intended here. (I don't usually use so much tea for the amount of water, but I followed the recipe.) The first sip of the tea made according to the recipe really woke me up! It's fine after diluting it with an equal amount of water. I am quite happy drinking it without sugar, and will make it again. But I think I will leave off the stars because of the difference in strength of my tea. Thank you for this recipe.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging.
Here are a few of my photos
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