Plantation Mint Ice Tea Recipes

Steps:

• Put 1 quart water in a pot and bring to a boil.
• Turn off heat and steep tea bags and mint in hot water for 15 minutes or more.
• Remove tea bags and mint and discard.
• Add sugar, stirring to dissolve.
• Add orange and lemon juices.
• Add enough water/ ice to make 4 quarts.

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:

• Pour 4 cups boiling water over tea bags, mint, and sugar in a pitcher.
• Steep for 30 minutes.
• Remove tea bags and mint.
• Add prepared lemonade to tea.
• Add pineapple juice and stir.
• Refrigerate and serve over ice.

Steps:

• Put the water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the mint sprigs and boil for 3 minutes.
• Strain the mixture and pour all but 1 cup into a pitcher. Add the tea bags and steep for 5-10 minutes. Remove tea bags.
• To the remaining cup of mint water add sugar to taste and stir to dissolve.
• Add this mixture to the pitcher with lemon juice.
• Cool before serving over ice and garnish with fresh mint.

Steps:

• Pour the barely boiling hot water into a large pitcher, and add the tea bags. Steep the tea 2 to 4 minutes.
• Remove the tea bags, and pour in the ice water.
• Pour in the pineapple juice.
• Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Pour the tea over ice, garnish with pineapple spears, and serve.

Steps:

• 1. Use "Mr Coffee Iced tea Maker". Other cheaper brand ofice tea maker don't work. You get what you pay for. Its worth it! Read instructions thoroughly to use machine properly. I got my maker at Walmart for $15. It's been working well for 5 years!
• 2. Take pitcher and use markings to indicate how much water is needed. Make the 3 qt...the 2 qt goes to fast & the tea stays good for a week [mine never makes it that long]. Pour water into space at top of iced tea maker.
• 3. Take bag of ice and throw on the ground HARD until it breaks up the ice that may have melted & formed lumps rather than cubes. Fill pitcher to designated 3 QT marker.
• 4. Put 2 round, fluted coffee filters in the brewing cup. 2 filters help to keep the iced tea & sugar longer in the brewing cup for stonger tea.
• 5. Take 8 tea bags in place in brewing cup making sure they cover as much bottom area as possible.
• 6. Fill the rest of the brewing cup with sugar. I may take a few tries to find your family's sweetness prefernce. The sugar also brings out the natural sweetness in the mint flavor of the tea bags.
• 7. Put filled brewing cup in proper place of ice tea maker. Place water dispenser directly over brewing cup.
• 8. Set Brew strenth all the way to the right for strong tea.
• 9. Push "start" button. It will light up to indicate you pressed it hard enough.
• 10. When "start" button goes off, your tea is ready. You will notice the final sound of gurgling steaming water & ice crackling. You'll also enjoy the fragrance of the mint or lemon while its brewing.
• 11. Immedately enjoy your icy cold beverage. If you need larger quantites, get regular picthers to store pre-made batches in, so you can use the maker's pitcher to make more.
• 12. Note: Iced tea used to make my stomach feel acidy. Especially Sun Tea, for those of us old enoughto remember this phenomenon. I don't know why, but this iced tea never gives me acid stomach.
• 13. Feedback appreciated!

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups boiling water over the tea bags, mint, and sugar in a pitcher. Steep for 30 minutes. Remove the tea bags, squeezing out excess liquid. Remove the mint.
• Prepare the lemonade according to the instructions and add to the tea.
• Add the pineapple juice and stir. Serve over ice.