Ingredients
- 2 large lemons
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 2 cups fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish
- 6 black tea bags
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice
Prep time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4
Method
- 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.
