Meadow Tea - PA Dutch Iced Mint Tea

PA Dutch Meadow Tea is a simple, refreshing drink made with fresh mint.

Servings: 14

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Prep Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
3 hours

Total Time
3 hours, 15 minutes

Drinks

PA Dutch Pennsylvania Dutch

Drinks iced tea mint fresh mint meadow tea

Instructions

1 This recipe makes 3 1/2 quarts of iced tea - enough to fill an average sized
"sun tea" jar.
2 Boil water in a large pot.
3 Rinse mint leaves - keep whole. I do this in a colander - inspect and rinse well
- I always find lots of sticky little critters on mint.
4 Add mint to pot of boiling water.
5 Cover pot, remove from heat and let steep for 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
6 Remove whole mint leaves with a slotted spoon. Let leaves drain and dry in
colander. Leaves can be reused once for another batch of tea.
7 Pour tea thru a fine screen into your storage container. I use a handled screen
that fits over the top of my sun tea jar and pour/ladle the tea thru. If you
don't have a screen you could use a sifter or even a kitchen towel. Please use
something - you don't want bits and pieces of leaves floating around.
8 Stir in sugar to taste. ***NOTE*** I prefer a lightly sweetened tea so I add 1/2
cup - 3/4 cup sugar. Local Meadow Tea is made MUCH sweeter - I'd estimate they
use 1 cup - 1 1/2 cup sugar. Start with the lower amount of sugar and add in any
additional sugar until you reach desired sweetness.
9 Refrigerate, serve cold. Enjoy : )