Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Spearmint growing like crazy! That's fine with me because I love to use it in my ice cold green tea :) Of you don't think you will use as much as me, you may want to put your mint in a container. If not it will spread in your garden quickly!
Sweet Green Tea:
this makes a gallon of tea
put half gallon of water in a pot on stove
in pot 12 individual sized green tea bags tied together
3 sprigs of mint leaves (each about 3-4 inches long)
bring to a boil, remove from heat, and cover to let steep for 30 minutes

in a gallon sized pitcher add the juice of a lemon and however much sugar you would like -can be anywhere from a few tablespoons to a cup (depending on how healthy you want to be :)
pour the warm tea from the stove into the pitcher and stir to dissolve the sugar.
fill pot up with another half gallon of water and lightly press the tea bags with the back of a spoon. pour that water into the pitcher along with the spearmint and stir.


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