Licorice Mint Iced Tea Food

LICORICE MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large pot bring 6 cups of water to a boil over high heat. Stir in the licorice and cinnamon; lower to a simmer, partially cover the pot, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in peppermint, cover, and steep for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place a large strainer lined with cheesecloth or a damp paper towel over another pot or heatproof bowl. Strain tea, pressing on herbs to extract all liquid. Stir in honey until dissolved and let cool completely, about 1 hour. Fill four tall glasses with ice. Pour tea over ice and garnish each glass with a mint sprig, if desired. Serve immediately.

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.

LICORICE MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large pot bring water to a boil over high heat. Stir in the licorice and cinnamon; lower to a simmer, partially cover the pot, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in peppermint, cover and let steep for 10 minutes.
• Place a large strainer lined with cheesecloth or damp paper towel over another pot or heat-proof bowl. Strain tea. Stir in honey until dissolved and let cool completely, about 1 hour. Serve over ice.

LEMONGRASS-MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Split 3 lemongrass stalks lengthwise, cut into 3-inch pieces, and smash lightly. Add to 6 cups water in a pot; bring to a boil. Pour into a large heatproof bowl; add tea bags and honey. Let cool, then steep in refrigerator overnight. Strain and serve over ice, garnished with a split lemongrass stalk, if desired.

MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large pot bring the water to a boil. Remove pot from heat, add the tea bags, cover with a lid, and allow tea to steep in water for 20 minutes. Take a 1 gallon jug and pour the sugar into the jug and cover with some hot tap water. Stir the sugar around to dissolve while the tea is steeping. Once the tea has steeped, remove the lid and the tea bags. Pour the tea into the jug with the sugar, stir, and place the tea bags back into the jug and run them under hot tap water to release any additional flavors. Stir the tea well making sure the sugar dissolves. Fill the jug with cold water to yield 1 gallon.
• To serve, pour each glass of tea and garnish with a slice of lemon and mint leaves.

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.