Description
Orange Iced Tea is a refreshing summer drink that has oranges infused in freshly brewed Iced tea with hints of mint leaves.
Scale
Ingredients
- 3–4 cups or 1 litre of water
- 1 tbsp black tea or 3
- 2–3 tbsp sugar (according to taste)
- 4 oranges (juiced) or 1 cup preprepared orange juice
- Ice cubes
- Mint leaves (optional)
Instructions
- First, if you’re using black tea leaves then boil the water in a pan along with tea leaves and steep for 10 minutes covering the pan with a lid.
- If you’re using black tea bags then, in boiling hot water put 3 tea bags and let the tea steep for 10-15 minutes.
- Then, dilute it with a cup of water and let it cool down and come to room temperature.
- Next, add 1 cup of orange juice in it. You can use either freshly squeezed juice or a packaged one.
- After that, depending on your taste, add sugar and a handful of mint leaves.
- Finally, add ice cubes or refrigerate for a couple of hours and serve it chilled.