Strawberry Iced Tea

🧂 Ingredients

• 10.5 oz near or just ripe fresh strawberries
• 2.5 oz granulated sugar

  (approximately 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons loose leaf black tea
• 3 cups cold or room-temperature filtered water
• ice cubes
• a few sprigs of mints, for garnishing

Instructions

• 1 Trim off the leafy stems of strawberries and slice them into thin slices, about
  1/8 – 3/16 inch thick. Place them in a clean container and add sugar. Toss the
  strawberry slices with sugar, and then cover the container and refrigerate
  overnight or for at least 10-12 hours.
• 2 Put the black tea in the cold brew pot, and then add filtered water. Place the
  pot in the refrigerator and steep overnight or for at least 12 hours.
• 3 When you want to serve the drink, divide the macerated strawberry slices along
  with the syrup-like liquid (which is the result of marinating the strawberries
  in sugar) among serving glasses, about 1/2 cup. Add ice cubes, about 1/2 – 2/3
  cup of ice. Then add about 3/4 cup of the brewed black tea (180ml), more or less
  tea to taste. Place a sprig of mints in each glass and serve right away.

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