Grandmas Lemon Mint Ice Tea Food

BERRY, MELON AND MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 5 cups water and the sugar to a boil in a heavy large saucepan. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the mint. Remove the pan from the heat and add the tea bags. Let the tea steep for 10 minutes. Cool the tea to room temperature. Strain the tea into a large pitcher or bowl.
• Blend the watermelon and strawberries until smooth in a blender. Stir the fruit mixture into the tea. Add the lemon juice, peppermint and salt. Chill the tea until very cold, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day. Before serving, add chilled prosecco if using.
• Put a few ice cubes into each of the 6 glasses or water goblets. Add some watermelon, strawberries and the blackberries to each glass. Pour tea into each glass and garnish with mint sprigs and serve, passing lemon wedges.

MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Brew tea in boiling water, letting steep for 10 minutes. Pour brewed tea into a serving pitcher. Add sugar and lemon, and swirl in the mint, holding it by the stems and using it to stir and dissolve the sugar. When sugar is dissolved, drop mint into pitcher and add 2 cups cold water. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Strain mint out before serving and serve cold.

TOUCH-OF-MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a heat-proof bowl or pitcher, pour boiling water over tea bags; cover and steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags. Cool for 15 minutes. Add mint; steep for 5 minutes. Strain. Add lemonade concentrate; stir well. Refrigerate. Serve over ice; garnish with lemon and mint if desired.

GRANDMA'S APPLE TEA

Steps:

• Pour tea into large wide-rimmed cups or 1-pint soup bowls, filling them about half full. Dilute with freshly boiled water to a golden color; add 1 tablespoon sugar per cup.
• Place an apple quarter in each cup. Stir and serve immediately.

GRANDMA'S ICED TEA

Steps:

• Empty the sugar and lemonade mix into the bottom of a 1 gallon pitcher. Tie the tea bags together and place into the pitcher. Pour the boiling water on top. Remove the tea bags once the tea is cool, and refrigerate the tea. Enjoy!

LEMON MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat; remove from heat, then stir in sugar until dissolved. Add the tea and peppermint tea bags, and allow to steep for 30 minutes. Remove tea bag and stir in the lemonade. Serve tea over ice.

GRANDMA PEGGY'S LEMON ICE

Steps:

• Mix half-and-half, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest together in a bowl. Freeze mixture until ice crystals form, about 1 hour. Remove mixture from freezer, stir to distribute ice crystals, and return to freezer until ice crystals form again, about 1 hour.
• Repeat freezing and stirring process twice. Cover the bowl with a lid and freeze until solid, about 2 hours.

ICED LEMON & GINGER MINT TEA

Steps:

• Place tea bags, ginger, mint& sugar in saucepan.
• Pour in boiling water, cover, and let stand 10 minutes.
• Strain tea into large pitcher and stir in lemon.
• Refrigerate until cold.
• Pour into ice filled glasses and garnish with mint.

GRANDMA'S LEMON MINT ICE TEA

Steps:

• Combine water, tea bags, mint leaves, and orange-flavored drink mix in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until tea is steeped, about 30 minutes. Add 2 cups cold water to tea and remove mint leaves and tea bags.n
• Stir sugar and lemon juice into tea until sugar is dissolved; refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes. Stir vodka into tea before serving.n

MINT AND LEMON ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large pot over high heat bring 12 cups water to a boil. Remove from heat.
• Add sugar, mint and tea bags, stirring until sugar dissolves. Steep for 1 hour. Discard tea bags and mint.
• Stir in lemonade concentrate and remaining water (4 cups).
• Pour into pitchers and chill for at least 3 hours before serving.
• Serve over ice and garnish with lemon slices and mint sprigs.

LEMONADE-MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a 1 gallon pitcher, combine the mint leaves, 1 quart of boiling water, instant tea powder and sugar. Stir to dissolve sugar. Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Stir in the cold water and lemonade concentrate. Serve in tall glasses over ice. Strain out mint leaves, if desired.

ICED SWEET MINT TEA

Steps:

• In large tea pot (or two small tea pots) pour boiling water over tea bags and mint and allow to steep for 20 minutes.
• Place sugar in 2-quart pitcher (that will tolerate some heat).
• Pour freshly brewed tea (minus mint and tea bags) into sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Place in refrigerator until ready to serve.
• To serve, pour into tall glasses over ice.
• Serve with lemon slices.
• Serves 8.

LEMON MINT TEA

Steps:

• Combine boiling water, tea bags, and mint in a large container.
• Cover and steep 7 minutes.
• Remove and discard tea bags.
• Stir in lemonade, orange juice, and cold water.
• Cover and chill 4 to 6 hours.
• Strain into ice-filled glasses.