Oak Alley's Sweet Mint Iced Tea

From Oak Alley Plantation cookbook

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 6  cups water
• 6  sprigs of fresh mint
• 2  family-size tea bags
• 1⁄2 cup sugar (to taste)
• 2  teaspoons fresh lemon juice
•  crushed  ice
•  fresh mint sprig (to garnish)

Directions

1. Put the water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the mint sprigs and boil for 3 minutes.
2. Strain the mixture and pour all but 1 cup into a pitcher. Add the tea bags and steep for 5-10 minutes. Remove tea bags.
3. To the remaining cup of mint water add sugar to taste and stir to dissolve.
4. Add this mixture to the pitcher with lemon juice.
5. Cool before serving over ice and garnish with fresh mint.