My Good Old- Lemon Ice Tea

 

Can’t live without this drink…

I never miss a chance to have a lemon ice tea anywhere and wherever i am…

All this while i had to wait till i got a chance to eat out or visit a coffee shop to have my tall glass of lemon iced tea but now i have learned this tantra myself….

Perfect drink to have on one of hot hot summer days….

You Need:

For Lemonade Concentrate: 

1. Sugar- 1 1/2 cups

2. Water- 2 1/2 cups

3. Lime Juice (freshly squeezed)- 2 cups (This is will take good 12-15 lemons)

4. Lime Zest- 1/2 cup

For Brewing Iced Tea:

1. Tea Bags- 4-5 Bags

2. Cold water- 4 cups

This is how you make it:

Lemonade Concentrate:

1. Combine sugar & water in a saucepan and bring it to boil. Let it boil for 5 minutes.

2. Remove from heat and cool it for 15 minutes.

3. Immediately plunge lemon zest in to it and allow it to steep for 7 minutes.

4. Allow this syrup to completely cool down at room temperature.

5. After the syrup cools down completely, add the lime juice and stir.

6. Refrigerate the syrup in a air tight container. This syrup can be refrigerated for atleast 10 t0 12 days.

Brew Iced Tea:

1. Place the tea bags in a pitcher.

2. Bring 2 cups of cold water with mint sprigs to boil.

3. Pour the boiling water directly over the tea bags and let it steep for 5 minutes.

4. Remove the tea bags and add 2 cups of cold water.

How to have the “Lemon Iced Tea”

1. Take a tall glass and fill 1/4th of the glass with lemonade concentrate.

2. Nextly add ice- around 5 cubes ( You could add more as per your likings)

3. Pour the brewed iced tea over the cubes till the brim.

4. A quick stir with a stirrer, a mint leaf to garnish and you are ready to go

Tip: The lemonade concentrate can serve atleast 20 glasses. To use the lemonade concentrate to have lemonade- add 2 portion of water to 1 portion of lemonade concentrate.

Further Reading:

http://food.realsimple.com/realsimple/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=633418

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