Go Back

Grandma's Mint Iced Tea

This tea is the taste of my childhood summers and to this day it's my favorite refreshing drink on a hot summer day!
Print Recipe
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups water
  • 2 cups sugar adjust to your preference
  • 3 cups clean mint leaves you can add the stem and all but my family thinks the stems give the tea a bitter after taste

Method
 

  1. Bring water and sugar to a boil.
  2. Remove from heat and add mint leaves.
  3. Cover and let steep for 4-12 hours. See note.
  4. Strain out mint leaves.
  5. This is your tea concentrate.
  6. Freeze for later use or pour over ice and dilute to your taste preference.
  7. When serving, dilute 1 part concentrate to 2 parts water.

Notes

When I am making tea concentrate for the freeze, I steep for 12 hours. This
makes a stronger concentrate, and 1 quart of concentrate makes a gallon of iced
tea. Concentrate will stay fresh in the freezer for 18-24 months and longer.
When we brew for fresh use, 4 hours is good enough and then we usually dilute
1 part concentrate to 2 parts water.