Mint Iced Teas

• 12 to 16 mint sprigs, plus more for garnish
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/3 cup bourbon
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 recipe Southern Sweet Tea
• 1 lemon, sliced

Lightly crush mint leaves with sugar in a serving pitcher. Add bourbon, lemon juice, Southern Sweet Tea and sliced lemon. Serve over crushed ice. Garnish each serving with a sprig of mint. Yield: 2 quarts (10 servings).

• 8 tbsp tea
• 900 ml boiling water
• some mint sprigs
• juice of 1 lemon
• mint sprigs and lemon slices for garnish
• crushed ice

Pour boiling water over tea and mint. Let it steep for 3-5 minutes. Strain. Add lemon juice and sweeten to taste with sugar. Pour into tall glasses 2/3 full of crushed ice. Garnish with lemon slices and sprigs of mint.

• 1-1/4 tbsp green Chinese tea or 4 tea bags
• 1 orange, thinly sliced
• 1 lemon, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup fresh chopped mint
• 4 short mint sprigs

In a teapot, place the tea leaves or bags with four cups of boiling water and let steep for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, place the orange and lemon in a heat-resistant pitcher. Pour the tea through a strainer into the pitcher. Add the sugar and mint. Chill for 1 hour. Serve in tall chilled glasses filled with ice and garnish with mint sprigs.

Mint Syrup:

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup mint leaves

Boil the syrup ingredients together in a small pan until the sugar dissolves and the liquid is clear. Set it aside; it will steep as it cools.
When it has cooled to room temperature, strain the syrup into a creamer or other small pitcher. Offer a large glass of Sun Tea over ice, accompanied by the Mint Syrup. The syrup, refrigerated, keeps for weeks.

• Water
• 4 peppermint flavor tea bags
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• Ice cubes
• Lemon slices

In a 2-quart heatproof pitcher, pour 2 cups freshly boiled water over tea bags. Let steep 6 minutes; remove and discard tea bags. Stir in honey, lemon juice and 2 cups cold water. Add ice cubes and lemon slices.

• 3 cups water
• 7 tea bags
• 3 to 6 sprigs of mint
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade

In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Remove from the heat and drop in the tea bags and mint sprigs. Allow to steep 8 to 10 minutes. Remove and discard the tea bags and mint sprigs. Stir in the sugar and lemonade. Chill again or serve over ice cubes.

• 120 ml Iced Tea
• 20 ml baileys
• 20 ml peppermint Schnapps
• crushed ice or ice cubes

Combine all ingredients, stir, and serve over ice.