Lemon Iced Tea
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Ingredients
- 2 large lemons
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 cups fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish
- 6 black tea bags
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
Directions
- Using a vegetable peeler, remove bright yellow peel from lemons. Combine lemon peel and sugar in a medium saucepan with 1/2 cup water and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Lower heat and simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in mint. Cool to room temperature; strain.
- Steep the tea bags in 4 cups of boiling water, covered, for 5 minutes. Then remove tea bags. Stir in syrup, lemon juice, 4 cups cold water, and ice cubes. Serve in tall glasses filled with ice and a few mint leaves.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 127Calories From Fat 0%
- Calcium 1mg
- Carbohydrate 33g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Fat 0g
- Fiber 0g
- Iron 0mg
- Protein 0mg
- Sat Fat 0g
- Sodium 5mg
What does this mean? See
Nutrition 101
.
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