Ginas Sweet Mint Tea Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot with 12 cups of water to a boil over medium heat. Add the tea bags and let them steep for 10 minutes. Allow the tea to cool and discard the tea bags. Pour the liquid into a large glass pitcher.
• Meanwhile, add the sugar and 1 cup water to a saucepan and bring to a simmer, over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Drop in the handful of mint, remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool. At this point, strain and add the sugar syrup to the pitcher. Stir the drink well and divide it between 12 glasses filled with ice. Garnish each serving with some fresh mint sprigs and raspberries.

Steps:

• Brew tea in boiling water, letting steep for 10 minutes. Pour brewed tea into a serving pitcher. Add sugar and lemon, and swirl in the mint, holding it by the stems and using it to stir and dissolve the sugar. When sugar is dissolved, drop mint into pitcher and add 2 cups cold water. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Strain mint out before serving and serve cold.

Steps:

• Crunch mint with your hands in a large teapot. Put the crunched mint, green tea, and sugar into the teapot. Pour the hot water over it and let it rest for 2 or 3 minutes.
• Stir well. Fill up the first glass and return it to the pot, then serve.

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the tea bags and turn off the heat. Let steep for 10 minutes. Remove the tea bags, stir in sugar and let cool completely.
• Muddle the mint leaves in a glass pitcher along with, the tea, the vodka, and the lemon wheels. Stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Serve in tall glasses filled with crushed ice and garnished with a sprig of mint.

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan.
• In another saucepan, combine the spearmint leaves, sugar, orange slices, cloves and tea bags. Carefully pour the boiling water over the tea mixture and let it steep for 3 minutes. Stir to dissolve the sugar, and then strain the tea into a small warmed teapot or other serving vessel. Serve hot.

Steps:

• In large tea pot (or two small tea pots) pour boiling water over tea bags and mint and allow to steep for 20 minutes.
• Place sugar in 2-quart pitcher (that will tolerate some heat).
• Pour freshly brewed tea (minus mint and tea bags) into sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Place in refrigerator until ready to serve.
• To serve, pour into tall glasses over ice.
• Serve with lemon slices.
• Serves 8.