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Pitcher of lemon iced tea

Pitcher of lemon iced tea

Preparation time 20 minutes

Total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

Lemon Iced Tea

1,5 litre (6 cups) cold water
105 g (1/2 cup) sugar
1 lemon, zest finely grated
4 green tea bags or other tea of your choice
125 ml (1/2 cup) lemon juice
ice cubes

Rum Cocktail

30 ml (1 oz) brown rum
90 ml (3 oz) ginger ale
1 thin lemon slice

Directions

Lemon Iced Tea

In a pot, bring 2 cups (500 ml) of the water to a boil with the sugar and lemon zest. Remove from the heat.
Add the tea bags to the pot and let infuse for 10 minutes.
Place a sieve over a pitcher. Pour the tea mixture through the sieve. Compost the lemon zest and tea bags. Add the remaining water (1 litre/4 cups) and the lemon juice. Let cool completely.
Serve the lemon iced tea with the ice cubes.

Rum Cocktail

Pour 4 oz (125 ml) of the lemon iced tea into a glass filled with ice cubes. Add the rum. Top off with the ginger ale. Garnish with the lemon slice. For a mocktail, simply omit the rum.