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Orange Mint Tea
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 15 Minutes
Servings: 6
Lively, refreshing flavor absolutely perfect for a hot day. From the Southern chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
6 cups brewed tea, very strong
3 sprigs fresh mint
6 oranges, juice of (grate the rind from one of them)
Directions:
1. Boil sugar, water and grated orange rind together for five minutes.
2. Remove from heat and add crushed mint leaves; cool and strain.
3. Combine brewed tea and orange juice.
4. Half fill glasses with crushed ice, add tea and sweeten with mint syrup.
By RecipeOfHealth.com