Mint Tea

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Wonderful on a hot summer day."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 2 1/2 quarts

ingredients

• 7 tea bags
• 7 mint sprigs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 quart boiling water
• 3 1⁄4 cups water
• 2 1⁄4 cups pineapple juice
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted
• mint sprig

directions

1. Combine first 3 ingredients.
2. Pour boiling water over tea mixture; cover and let stand 30 minutes.
3. Remove tea bags and mint sprigs; discard.
4. Transfer tea to a large pitcher, and add 3 1/4 cup water, pineapple juice, and lemonade concentrate; stir well.
5. Serve over ice.
6. Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.

Reviews

[PixieDust]

This was so yummy. I used my own fresh mint. The fruit juice, tea and mint flavor combinations made for a cool, refreshing taste sensation. Sure helped us keep cool in the heat. Thanks Nurse Di.

 

[Sunflower]

Served this at our 4th cook-out. Oh so refreshing and cool. Really helped us beat the heat. The mint/citrus flavor was to die for. I doubled the recipe. Great summer refresher. Thanks NurseDi.

 

[Chef Maria 2]

I am going to try this again before I rate it. I think the reason no one liked it was because I didn't follow the directions as written. I used limeade instead of lemonade and way more mint than the recipe calls for. The color of the drink was also off. I think the color was because of the green and orange of the juices. I also froze a little mint in ice cubes. When the ice melted, the mint "bloomed" in the glass. This freaked people out. 6/9/10 I tried this again. I used Bigelow Mint Medley Herb Tea instead of fresh mint but everything else was according to recipe. It was too sweet and the color was still not to my liking.

 

[starrork]

I had a similar tea in a restaurant and really wanted to make it at home, thanks for the great recipe! I ended up making a 2nd batch of just the tea & mint, omitting the sugar and adding it because the original recipe was too sweet for me. Next time I will omit the sugar. Otherwise awesome recipe. I even bought a mint plant so I can make it all the time!

 

[Firewife16]

This was wonderful! I've never made cold tea before and since my garden is overflowing with mint thought this would be a neat recipe to try. Will definately make again. Thanks!