Recipe ingredients and directions:
Step 1 ingredients:
8 cups strong tea
(8 cups boiling water +16 teabags, left to steep for 5 minutes)
1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (approx 2 large lemons)
1/2 – 3/4 cup sugar (or more to taste)
Step 2 ingredients:
Grated peel from lemons
Step 1 method:
Pour steeped tea into a pitcher.
Add the sugar.
Add the lemon juice.
Stir, taste for adjust for sweetness.
Note: Before you add the lemon juice (fresh squeezed is mandatory),
the tea should taste quite bitter, undrinkable alone. Once you add the
lemon juice it turns colour, (the lemon juice seems to bleach it) and
then add sugar until you’re happy with the taste.
Step 2 method:
My technique is to put the grated rind in a metal sieve (one with
really tiny holes), place the sieve on top of a large measuring cup or
pitcher that holds 8.5 cups of liquid, and pour the hot, strong tea
mixed with the lemon juice and sugar through it, and repeat several
times.
Enjoy.
Alternate way to serve this which is really refreshing as well:
Iced Tea Granita
Add 2 cups of sugar to the hot tea and stir until dissolved.
Add the lemon juice _and_ grated lemon rind.
Pour into two shallow pans (13 x 9 x 2) work fine.
Put in freezer.
Stir with a potato masher or strong whisk every 1/2 hour to 45 minutes
until entirely crystallized. It should have the texture of snow.
Put gently into containers in the freezer, quickly so it doesn’t melt,
and scoop out some on a hot summer’s day and share with your friends.
It’s wonderful.
Julia
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Category: Beverages & Drinks Recipes