| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 3 hr 10 min |
| Prep: | 3 hr |
| Cook: | 10 min |
| Yield: | 6 drinks |
Ingredients
- 8 orange pekoe tea bags
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice (from 6 to 8 lemons), plus lemon slices for serving
- 1 1/2 cups vodka
- Fresh mint leaves, for serving
Instructions
- Put the tea bags in a large heatproof pitcher and pour in 5 cups boiling water; let steep 10 minutes, then remove the tea bags. Pour about half of the tea into ice cube trays and freeze until firm, about 3 hours. Refrigerate the remaining tea.
- Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a saucepan; simmer over medium-low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
- Stir 1 cup of the sugar syrup, the lemon juice, 5 cups cold water and the vodka into the chilled tea, then add the tea ice cubes. Pour into glasses; serve with lemon slices and mint leaves.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 269 |
| Total Fat | 0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 37 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 35 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 2 mg |
Reviews
I loved everything about this drink. Just be careful with the vodka, we kept adding more cause we couldn’t taste it but, we ended up feeling it!!! We bought the vodka at trader Joe’s it was on sale for $9.00. This drink is now our 4th of July tradition very refreshing.