Touch Of Mint Iced Tea Food

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.

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.

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.

AMISH APPLE MINT ICED TEA RECIPE

Steps:

• In a sauce pan, combine 2 cups of water to the sugar. Dissolve the sugar and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Add the leaves, they may be in bunches with stems, that is ok. Put them into the boiling water and let boil for about 2-3 minutes.
• Turn the heat off, and just let the leaves steep in the hot water for about 1 hour.
• After an hour remove the leaves, and put the tea into a glass pitcher, add the other 2 cups of water, mix together, let chill in the fridge.
• After it is completely cool, pour some in a glass, add some ice and ENJOY!

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.

CHERRY MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Steep the loose tea and mint in the 5 cups of boiling water for 20 minutes.
• Strain the tea mixture and allow to cool on the counter till needed.
• Add the sugar to the remaining 3 cups of boiling water.
• Stir until the sugar is all dissolved.
• Pour the sugar water into a pitcher and place on the counter to cool.
• Once the sugar mixture has cooled add the fruit juices, followed by the tea mixture.
• Chill in the fridge, stir well and serve in a tall glass over ice.
• Garnish with a lemon slice.

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.
• Stir sugar and lemon juice into tea until sugar is dissolved; refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes. Stir vodka into tea before serving.

BLACKBERRY MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a tumbler or glass, muddle together 3 blackberries and 3 mint leaves.
• Add cubes of ice to the glass.
• Add the simple syrup and top with the iced tea.
• Stir with cocktail stirrer or straw so tea, simple syrup, and blackberries are mixed together.
• Top with lemon slice, blackberry, and additional mint, if desired.