Food
Dog Days Iced Tea
By Yankee Magazine|Feb 09 2005|
Yield
6-8 servings.
Ingredients
6 bags black tea (English, Earl Grey, etc.)
6 cups water
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 cup mint leaves and sprigs, divided
11/2 cups chilled orange juice
1 orange, sliced crosswise
1 lemon, sliced crosswise
Ice cubes
Instructions
Brew a strong tea in about 6 cups water. While still hot, add sugar and about a dozen mint leaves. Let cool.
Remove teabags and mint; then add orange juice, fruit slices, and ice.
Serve over more ice, garnish with fresh mint sprigs, and add a fruit slice or two to each glass.
I’ve made this all my life. Never thought of putting it in writing. But, of course, I think it’s wonderful and so do my 7 kids and their families.
Fantastic summer time drink….
I found this recipe, it was called Debbie Owen’s Iced Tea, in an issue of The Old Farmer’s Almanac Guide to Summer’s Best Recipes in an article by Jessica Barlow titled: Drinks for Dog Days. I have a pot cooling even now. Yeah for the neighbor who lets his mint grow unrestrained!
It is not my cup of tea.