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Mint Iced Tea

By //  by Candace Sampson 8 Comments

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Oh lawd, it’s hot! It’s so hot that I’m channeling my inner Southern Belle (because secretly I’d love to be a Southern lady). I’m longing to sit on a porch sipping iced tea and fanning myself all day. The reality though, is that I don’t have a porch and even if I did, I wouldn’t have time to sit there. I do however, have iced tea.

mint iced tea

This Mint Iced Tea is in my refrigerator from June 1 to September 1 every summer. It’s incredibly refreshing, and it’s perfect with spirits or alone. Finally, as I’ve said before with things like hot chocolate, popcorn, and waffles, why on earth would you buy this stuff? Iced tea in a can tastes like tin, the powdered stuff is awful and the stuff from a fountain is too sweet. If you haven’t made iced tea before, do yourself a favour and try either this recipe or google a basic recipe. You won’t go back to the store bought kind.

Mint Iced Tea

3 cups of boiling water
4 tea bags (black tea preferably, Orange Pekoe works well)
Mint Leaves
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 cups cold water
1 cup fresh orange juice
1 lemon – juice squeezed from it

mint iced tea

Boil 3 cups water in a large pot. Once boiled turn off and throw in tea bags and mint (start with around 8-10 leaves, increase if you like it “mintier”). Let tea and mint steep for 10 minutes. Remove bags and mint leaves from pot squeezing out excess liquid. Add granulated sugar, stirring well to dissolve. Stir in cold water, orange juice and lemon juice. Transfer to pitcher and chill. Serve over ice and garnish with orange slices.

Pleasantville Note: I make enough to fill a huge lemonade container I have with a spigot. After 12pm, all bets are off and this is just fine with vodka, bourbon or rum. Whatever gets you through sister. My kids love this (sans spirits), but watch that little ones don’t have too much, there is caffeine in it.

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Filed Under: Food & Drink, Recipes, Thirst Quenchers, Uncategorized Tagged With: Candace Derickx, Food & Drink, Life in Pleasantville, mint, Mint Iced Tea, orange, summer drinks, tea

About Candace Sampson

Candace is founder and editor-in-chief of Life in Pleasantville which isn't half as fancy as it sounds. You can find her sharing travel stories on What She Said Radio and on CTV Ottawa Morning Live.

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  1. Kat

    June 11, 2012 at 3:45 pm

    Any fanning should be done by others. And I have a confession to make – I’ve never made my own ice tea, but I will now. 

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  2. Jodi Martin

    June 11, 2012 at 10:47 pm

    You shared this recipe with me years ago, and it has become the summer standard in our house too!  Absolutely LOVE this recipe, and love the huge batch it makes.  YUM!

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  3. Carolyn

    June 12, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    Thank you! I am so making this tomorrow. I’m always looking for cool ways to get my caffeine fix when the temperature starts to creep up.

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    • Candace

      June 13, 2012 at 10:22 am

      I’d love to hear what you think of it. Come back and share.

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      • Carolyn

        June 13, 2012 at 5:24 pm

        Just delicious. Picked the mint from my garden this morning and used Tetley orange pekoe. I’m enjoying a glass while making dinner! Thanks for the recipe!

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  4. Dee Brun

    July 18, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    JUST ADD VODKA!!!

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  5. Maija

    June 12, 2015 at 11:21 am

    This looks absolutely delicious – cannot wait to try it!

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