CITRUS SUNBURST GREEN ICED TEA INFUSED WITH FRESH ORANGE AND GARDEN MINT

So I managed to get my hands on this Sunburst Green Tea Flavored Mighty Leaf Iced Tea! My mom brewed it the first time without all of the dressings I added this time, and it was a bit too strong even for me, so I added some stuff to soften the taste a bit for those who don’t like their iced tea too strong.

​Ingredients
1 Mighty Leaf Sunburst Green Tea Bag
1/4 to 1/2 cup Sugar (Depending on how sweet you like yours)
1 Fresh Orange
A Handful of Fresh Garden Mint
Ice

​So the steps for this recipe is pretty easy! First you boil your pot of water. (I don’t use a kettle for making ICED teas, I use a pot, because you want room to steep your tea bags using the whole batch of water!) And the tea bags for THIS specific tea are HUGE, but they are so pretty and they smell SOOOO GOOD!

So once your pot of water comes to a boil, turn off the heat, and add your 1 large tea bag!
Let that steep for however long, if you like stronger tea, let it steep longer, and if you like weaker tea let it steep shorter.

While that is steeping, go ahead and add your sugar, and stir, stir, stir! You want all of your sugar to dissolve into the hot water. At this point you’re going to let your pot of water cool, or at least become lukewarm so it is a bareable temperature to work with when you add your fruit and herbs, which we are not trying to cook! *giggles*
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So now would be a good time to prep our fruit!

Cut up one orange into slices like seen in the above picture! Also be sure to collect some fresh mint from your garden, if you do not have a garden you can buy it from any supermarket (Just be careful of pesticides, YUCK!!). Most farmer’s markets these days sell organic produce, which don’t use pesticides, BUT I’d give them a good rinse off anyway, cuz you really don’t know where it’s coming from or who is handling it. If you’re picking from the garden, be careful of BEES!

Bees like to pollenate around the little tiny flowers that mint grows. They do not go for the actual mint leaves, but just be careful not to get in one’s path while picking your mint! I had to dodge a few, :-P!

If your water is still not cool, feel free to go do some other chores, or watch a show until it’s ready to add the rest of the ingredients. Also now might be a good time to take out your teabag! When you take it out, make sure to squeeze the excess water from the bag, back into your pot! Don’t want to waste any!
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So once your water is cool enough, carefully poor your batch into a nice pitcher!

​Now is when you add your orange, mint, and ice!
​How colorful and beautiful does that look!?!?

​Let’s have a taste of our magical concoction! NOW, THAT’S REFRESHING! You can sip on this while cooking another whimsical recipe, or while your gardening on those hot summer days! Either way, Enjoy!
Til next time…