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Refreshing Iced Mint Tea

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

Serves 10.

4 tea bags
10 sprigs fresh mint
5 cups boiling water
1/2 to 1 cup sugar (You may substitute sugar-free sweetener, if desired)
3 cups boiling water
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup fresh orange juice


Recipe

Put tea bags, mint and 5 cups of boiling water in a large, covered container. Let sit for 30 minutes.

Mix sugar and 3 cups boiling water in a smaller container and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add lemon and orange juices.

Remove tea bags and add sugar and juice mixture to tea mixture. Stir to combine. Refrigerate until ready to drink. Strain and serve over ice.

Per Serving (using 1/2 cup sugar): Using half the amount of sugar will save significantly on both calories and carbohydrates per serving.

Nutritional Information (per serving; using 1/2 cup sugar in the recipe): 48 Cal; 0 g Fat; 13 g Carbohydrate; 0 mg Cholesterol; 9 mg Sodium; 9 mg Calcium.

Dietary Exchanges: 1/2 Starch/Bread.