Overnight Iced Tea
Created by ForeverMama on March 2, 2019
- Servings: 2-4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 0m
- Recipe #31559
Ingredients
- 5 teaspoons loose tea, any variety of your liking
- 4 cups cold water
- Honey or sugar, enough to entertain your taste buds
- Ice cubes
- 6 sprigs fresh mint, optional
- 1 lemon, sliced
How to Make
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Step 1: Mix tea and water in a pitcher. Cover and let stand overnight.
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Step 2: Strain the tea through a fine strainer. Sweeten to taste.
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Step 3: Fill pitcher or thermos with ice to chill (or place in refrigerator to chill).
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Step 4: Remove ice (if using) and fill with tea.
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Step 5: Add mint sprigs and lemon slices. Serve over ice.
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NOTE: Both the mint and lemon slices can also sit with tea overnight, if you desire to have the flavor more intensified. It's all up to you.
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Step 6: Makes 4 cups
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (597.6 g)
- Calories 46.2
- Total Fat - 0.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0.3 mg
- Sodium - 30 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.4 g
- Sugars - 5.1 g
- Protein - 1.9 g
- Calcium - 72.8 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 57.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg