Refreshing, Iced Lime Tea

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Level: Easy

Serves: 8

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Description

A traditional, Southern sweet tea with a twist of fresh lime.

Ingredients

  • 2 quarts Water
  • 8  Individual-size Tea Bags
  • 1-½ cup Sugar
  • 6  Limes, Juiced Or Squeezed
  • 8 sprigs Mint, To Serve (optional)

Preparation

In a 4-quart sauce pan or large tea kettle, boil water and tea bags together. After boiling, turn off the heat and let the mixture steep for 5 minutes.

Add sugar to a 1-gallon tea pitcher. Next, add the boiled tea (remove the tea bags first). Add enough drinking water to equal 1 gallon of tea. Add lime juice. Stir until sugar is dissolved.

Serve over ice and garnish with mint sprigs if desired. Best served very, very cold.

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