Plantation Mint Ice Tea Food

PLANTATION ICED TEA

Steps:

• Cold-brew the tea by putting 4 heaping teaspoons of black tea leaves (or 4 tea bags) in a jar and adding 1 quart cold water. Cover the jar and leave the fridge to cold-brew for 8-12 hours.
• Once the tea is done brewing, strain out and discard the tea leaves (or remove the tea bags). You now have 1 quart of cold-brew black tea.
• In a pitcher, mix together 6 ounces pineapple juice and 2 ounces simple syrup.
• Add the 1 quart of cold-brew black tea to the pitcher and stir till combined.
• Fill glasses ice with, pour in the Plantation Iced Tea and serve!

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.

PLANTATION ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups boiling water over tea bags, mint, and sugar in a pitcher.
• Steep for 30 minutes.
• Remove tea bags and mint.
• Add prepared lemonade to tea.
• Add pineapple juice and stir.
• Refrigerate and serve over ice.

PLANTATION ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups boiling water over the tea bags, mint, and sugar in a pitcher. Steep for 30 minutes. Remove the tea bags, squeezing out excess liquid. Remove the mint.
• Prepare the lemonade according to the instructions and add to the tea.
• Add the pineapple juice and stir. Serve over ice.

HAWAIIAN PLANTATION ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour the barely boiling hot water into a large pitcher, and add the tea bags. Steep the tea 2 to 4 minutes.
• Remove the tea bags, and pour in the ice water.
• Pour in the pineapple juice.
• Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Pour the tea over ice, garnish with pineapple spears, and serve.

PLANTATION MINT ICE TEA.

Steps:

• 1. Use "Mr Coffee Iced tea Maker". Other cheaper brand ofice tea maker don't work. You get what you pay for. Its worth it! Read instructions thoroughly to use machine properly. I got my maker at Walmart for $15. It's been working well for 5 years!
• 2. Take pitcher and use markings to indicate how much water is needed. Make the 3 qt...the 2 qt goes to fast & the tea stays good for a week [mine never makes it that long]. Pour water into space at top of iced tea maker.
• 3. Take bag of ice and throw on the ground HARD until it breaks up the ice that may have melted & formed lumps rather than cubes. Fill pitcher to designated 3 QT marker.
• 4. Put 2 round, fluted coffee filters in the brewing cup. 2 filters help to keep the iced tea & sugar longer in the brewing cup for stonger tea.
• 5. Take 8 tea bags in place in brewing cup making sure they cover as much bottom area as possible.
• 6. Fill the rest of the brewing cup with sugar. I may take a few tries to find your family's sweetness prefernce. The sugar also brings out the natural sweetness in the mint flavor of the tea bags.
• 7. Put filled brewing cup in proper place of ice tea maker. Place water dispenser directly over brewing cup.
• 8. Set Brew strenth all the way to the right for strong tea.
• 9. Push "start" button. It will light up to indicate you pressed it hard enough.
• 10. When "start" button goes off, your tea is ready. You will notice the final sound of gurgling steaming water & ice crackling. You'll also enjoy the fragrance of the mint or lemon while its brewing.
• 11. Immedately enjoy your icy cold beverage. If you need larger quantites, get regular picthers to store pre-made batches in, so you can use the maker's pitcher to make more.
• 12. Note: Iced tea used to make my stomach feel acidy. Especially Sun Tea, for those of us old enoughto remember this phenomenon. I don't know why, but this iced tea never gives me acid stomach.
• 13. Feedback appreciated!

RASPBERRY MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a microwave or saucepan, bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Remove from heat and add tea bags. cover and let tea steep for at least 30 minutes.
• In a large pitcher (2.5 qt.) add ice, several berries and 8-10 mint leaves. Pour warm tea concentrate over the ice mixture. Top with additional water and stir to combine. Add sugar if desired.
• Pour into glasses with additional ice, berries and garnish with mint sprigs.

LEMONGRASS AND CINNAMON HAWAIIAN PLANTATION ICED TEA RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring water to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat (don't let it boil), about 5 minutes. Add tea, cover partially, and let steep until the flavor is stronger than desired but not bitter, about 8 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, trim the ends off the lemongrass, and cut the stalk into 2-inch pieces. Cut each 2-inch piece in half lengthwise then bruise by lightly hitting with the back of a wooden spoon.
• Once the tea has steeped, discard the tea, add lemongrass, cinnamon, and mint (minus about 6 to 8 stems you'll want to reserve for garnish) and let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Add the ice to the tea, then stir in the pineapple juice, and sugar or honey. Place in the refrigerator to cool completely, about 2 hours.
• Once the tea is cold, discard the cinnamon, lemongrass, and mint and stir in the lime juice. Taste and adjust with more lime juice or sugar as desired. Serve iced tea over ice and garnish each glass with a sprig of mint.

ICED TEA MOJITO (VIRGIN)

Steps:

• Make a gallon of tea using Bigalow Plantation Mint Tea Bags and Lipton Regular Tea Bags.
• Add Sugar, Lime Juice and Rum Extract, mix well.
• Let set for at least a few minutes for the flavors to marry.
• Refrigerate and enjoy iced cold.