Lime Iced Tea Food

ICED LIME TEA

Steps:

• Boil water and pour into 2 quart jug.
• Add tea bags.
• Steep until cooled.
• Add lime cordial.
• Add liquid sweetener to taste.
• When thoroughly cooled, pour into individual bottles and refrigerate until needed.
• Pour into tall glass with ice, and enjoy.

SWEET LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour the water into a gallon sized jar over the tea bags.
• Allow to steep for 45 minutes.
• Remove and discard the tea bags.
• Stir in the sugar and lime juice until the sugar has dissolved.
• Cool to room temperature; refrigerate until cold before serving.

SWEET RASPBERRY LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put the tea bags in an 8-cup measuring cup or heat safe bowl. Boil the water, pour it over the tea bags, and allow to steep for at least 10 minutes. Allow to cool and remove tea bags.
• In a small saucepan combine the sugar and 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Cook briefly until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add raspberries. Let come to room temperature.
• Combine the tea and raspberry sugar syrup, to taste. Put ice into 4 (12-ounce) glasses. To each squeeze in a wedge of lime, pour sugared tea over, and garnish with a sprig of mint.
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SWEET LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour the water into a gallon sized jar over the tea bags. Allow to steep for 45 minutes. Remove and discard the tea bags. Stir in the sugar and lime juice until the sugar has dissolved. Cool to room temperature; refrigerate until cold before serving.

SPICED THYME AND LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 6 cups water, sugar, thyme, cinnamon sticks, lime juice and lime zest to a boil in a 5-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove the pan from the heat and add the tea bags. Steep the tea for 15 minutes. Remove the tea bags and allow the mixture to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Strain the mixture into a pitcher and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Pour the tea into 4 ice-filled glasses and serve.

HOT STEEPED LIME GREEN ICED TEA

Steps:

• Brew the tea in 4 cups hot water and let steep a couple of minutes.
• Strain through a sieve, and then stir in the sugar and lime until all the sugar dissolves. Serve over ice.

MINT AND LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• For the tea:.
• Place water in a medium pot and bring to a simmer over high heat.
• When water simmers, remove from heat, add tea bags and mint, cover and let steep for 10 minutes.
• Once tea has steeped, discard tea bags, add sugar, and stir until sugar is completely dissolved.
• Let tea cool to room temperature, then place in the refrigerator to cool completely, about 2 hours.
• To serve:.
• Once tea is cold, remove mint and stir in lime juice.
• Taste and adjust with more lime juice or sugar as desired.
• Serve over ice with a sprig of mint and a wedge of lime.

LEMON-LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Add tea bags to boiling water. Steep for 3 minute Remove bags, then immediately add frozen lemonade and stir until completely dissolved. Sweeten with sugar or honey, if needed.
• Refrigerate at least until cold. Then stir in rum to taste.
• To serve, place a few ice cubes in a large pitcher. Thinly slice lemon and lime and add. Pour tea mixture overtop.

SWEET LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• 1. In a (2-quart) heat-proof glass pitcher, add the tea bags to it. (If the tea bags have strings attached, be sure to remove them first.)
• 2. Pour boiling water over tea bags in the pitcher. Cover the pitcher, and allow tea to steep for 45 minutes. (I covered the pitcher with Saran Wrap.)
• 3. After the has steeped for 45 minutes, remove tea bags from the pitcher, and discard them.
• 4. To the pitcher, add the 3/4 cup of sugar, plus the 2-1/2 tablespoons of sugar; stir thoroughly to dissolve the sugar.
• 5. Add the juice of 2 limes to the pitcher, and stir. (For more lime flavor, add the juice from half of a lime as well.)
• 6. Let the tea cool to room temperature, then place tea in the refrigerator to chill.
• 7. Pour chilled tea into glasses filled with ice. Serve tea immediately.
• 8. *Note: For more lime flavor, add the juice of 2 and a 1/2 limes. Also, I usually double this recipe, and make the tea in a gallon size glass jar. Then I'll use 12 cups of boiling water, 14 tea bags, 1-1/2 cups of sugar, plus a 1/3 cup of sugar, and the juice of 4 limes (possibly 4-1/2 limes). This makes: 13-1/2 cups of tea (or) 105-ounces. One more thing I wanted to mention, if using a gallon size glass jar to make the tea, I'll cover the jar with an 8-1/2 inch glass dinner plate, while the tea is steeping.