Flying Eagle Iced Tea

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  4.9 – 8 reviews  • Lemon
Level: Easy
Total: 45 min
Prep: 10 min
Inactive: 30 min
Cook: 5 min
Yield: 2 to 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup fresh lemon juice
  2. 2/3 cup sugar
  3. 1 cup packed mint leaves, chopped or muddled
  4. 2 cups fresh iced tea
  5. 1 1/2 cups vodka

Instructions

  1. In a small saucepan, make a simple syrup by bringing the lemon juice and sugar to a boil over medium heat. Cook the syrup until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and cool.
  2. In a large pitcher, mix together the mint leaves, simple syrup, iced tea and vodka. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow mint to steep. Serve over ice-filled glasses.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 4 servings
Calories 346
Total Fat 0 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Carbohydrates 40 g
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Sugar 35 g
Protein 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 12 mg

Reviews

Gregory Patterson
Great drink!!
Marissa Bishop
Off da chain!!! Making a pitcher for my birthday!!
William Wilson
Loved it! Made it for a dinner party and had to print the recipe off. Actually made to entire menu from this episode and everyone raved about it.
Stacey Buckley
OMG! THIS TEA WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!! I doubled the batch which worked out well for the # of people I was serving. Also i used rum instead of vodka (i didnt have enough vodka) & used 1 cup of rum for each batch instead of 1 1/2. This drink is refreshing & smooth. As always Big Daddy has done it again! keep those recipes coming!
Michael Banks
What a refreshing beverage!!

Thanks.

Karen Ford
I don’t usually make drinks a lot but I saw Aaron make this on TV and realized I had all the ingredients except for the Vodka so I gave it a try when friends came over. I brew my own iced-tea from leaves so I needed to add more iced tea than the recipe called to taste it more, but I bet it would be fine if you used some stronger regular tea. As for the Vodka, I only added 1 cup (instead of the 1.5 cups suggested) and it was PLENTY strong enough.

I like Arnold Palmers so this was quite a refreshing drink.

Julia Davis
This recipe was awesome! I saw it on the episode and have more mint in my garden than I know what to do with, plus I love high-quality vodka and iced tea, so it was one I knew I was definitely going to try.

It was better than expected. I made one pitcher which gave me about (4) four ounce drinks. Everyone loved it, but really only got a sampling of the drink.

Next time I make this, I will definitely double or triple the recipe because it was used up quickly.

Be very careful though, because this is a recipe that you cannot taste the normally strong taste of vodka, so you may not know how much you have had until it catches up with you.

Barbara Shields
This recipe was very easy and quick to make.

I used 2 different kinds of Tazo teas which are fruity and citrusy and since I don’t use sugar when I drink it alone I should have known to reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe.

The recipe yields 3 cups total so I separated it to 1? and added the vodka…I drank that with lots of ice and it was very good. the other half, I added an additional cup of tea to reduce the sugar and put it in the freezer for an hour….no ice…it’s delicious

I don’t it’s fair to reduce the rating for using a tea that would require less sugar.

 

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