Freshly Brewed Ice Tea with Fresh Mint

Freshly Brewed Ice Tea with Fresh Mint
What can be more thirst quenching on a hot summer day than a tall glass of fresh brewed iced tea over ice with lemon and fresh mint leaves.
Making home brewed tea is very simple. You can use orange pekoe or black tea for traditional iced tea or experiment with fruit flavors like passion fruit, peach, mango, pomegranate which are especially nice if you aren't using sugar.

Brew your tea and discard the tea bags before refrigerating. Serve with fresh lemon slices or fresh fruit if you are using fruit tea. Add the lemon slices right before serving to avoid a bitter taste. For sweet tea add the sugar, agave, honey or Splenda with the boiled water so it dissolves (extra calories and points).
Servings: 6 • Serving Size: 1 cup • Old Points: 0 pt • Points+: 0 pt
Calories: 3 • Fat: 0 g • Protein: 0 g • Carb: 0.8 g • Fiber: 0 g • Sugar: 0.2 g
Sodium 0.1 mg

6 tea bags of your choice
6 cups water
a few sprigs of mint leaves
one lemon, sliced for serving

Boil 2 cups of water, add 6 tea bags to boiling water and let the tea steep for about 15 minutes without moving, if you are making sweet tea add sweetener. Discard tea bags (do not squeeze or tea will be bitter) and combine with remaining cold water and fresh mint. Refrigerate. Serve over ice with fresh lemon