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Fancy Iced Tea

Fancy Iced Tea

If guests unexpectedly stop by and your house is a train wreck, relax! Sit them on the back porch with a tall glass of fancy iced tea and a jar full of homemade cookies. This recipe is quick and easy to make and will buy you some time to do those neglected breakfast dishes. Relax!

Fancy Iced Tea
 
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Yield: About 6 glasses
Ingredients
  • 5 tea bags of your favorite flavor
  • 1 orange slice per glass
  • 1 lime slice per glass
  • 3 watermelon balls per glass ~ or slices if you don't have a melon baller.
  • 1 mint spring per glass ~ preferably from your garden
Method
  1. Fill a 2-quart pitcher half way with hot water
  2. Add five tea bags and steep for 15 minutes

3. Remove tea bags and fill remainder of pitcher with cold water 

4. Fill each wine glass or other fancy glass with ice.
  3. Add all the garnishes.
  4. Top with iced tea.
  5. Serve and enjoy!


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