Iced Tea
photo by gailanng
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 4 tea bags (Red Rose or any Orange Pekoe Tea)
- 1⁄2 cup lemon juice (real lemon)
directions
- Measure sugar and place in large mixing bowl with 1/2 cup lemon juice to dissolve.
- Boil water and measure 2 cups.
- Add tea bags to the water and steep for no more than 5 minutes.
- Remove the bags and discard.
- DO NOT SQUEEZE tea bags (this crushes the leaves and releases the tannin which is bitter).
- Pour hot tea into sugar/lemon mixture and stir to mix well.
- Transfer into pitcher and add 5 1/2 cups cold water.
- 8. Refridgerate and serve over ice.
- 9. Cool and refreshing.
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Reviews
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Made exactly as written. This tea is a lemony tea. With the limited steeping time the tea is light and not too heavy tea tasting. The fresh lemon juice makes it flavorful and it is indeed refreshing. Sweet but not too sweet. Nice for a warm afternoon. UPDATE: I had to change this to 5 stars after letting it chill overnight. The flavors are even better. It reminds me of that tea in a bottle from Snapple that you pay a couple bucks for. Thanks for posting. Enjoy! ChefDLH
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
strew
Canada