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Title: Indian Ice Tea
Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients

      3 c  water
      1 tb loose black tea; (or 3-4
           -orange pekoe tea
      4    fresh mint leaves; (i use a
           -handful as i lov
      3 c  ice water
      3    lemons or limes; juice of
      1    sugar or honey to taste
      1    ice cubes

Instructions

Hi everyone: I still haven't caught up with all those boxes, or all my
Fatfree digests, but I have managed to find a lot of good recipes,
including this one for ice tea. It's from The Ethnic Vegetarian Kitchen by
Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff. It's my favorite ice tea recipe and I often make
3-4 batches at a time.

Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan and remove from heat. Add tea
leaves (put in tea infuser for less of a mess) and mint leaves (use tea
infuser for dried mint as well). Cover the pot and steep for 5 minutes.
Remove tea leaves and mint leaves. (For a more intense mint flavor leave
mint in for 5 minutes longer.)

Strain if not using infusers, stir in honey or sugar (about 1/2 cup) until
dissolved. Add ice water and lemon or lime juice. Stir well and pour into
glasses with ice cubes.

Note: I have also tried this recipe using lemon balm instead of the mint.
It gives it a different taste and is also good.
Posted to fatfree digest by JBennicoff on Apr 29, 1998

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