Iced Green Tea
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 4:41pm

Ingredients




12 cups water
1/4 cup sugar
3 inches fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
16 green tea bags
strawberries (optional)

key limes or limes, quartered (optional)

orange peel strips (optional)

ice cubes

Preparation

1 In a large saucepan combine water, sugar and ginger. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add tea bags; cover and let stand for 3 minutes. Remove tea bags; discard. Strain ginger from tea; discard ginger. Transfer tea to a 2-gallong pitcher or punch bowl. Cover; cool several hours. If desired, chill. If desired, alternate strawberries, lime quarters and orange peel strips on 12-inch skewers. Serve tea over ice cubes; use fruit skewers as swizzle sticks.

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From the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook.