Sweet Citrus Iced Tea Recipe

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My family has been making iced tea this way ever since I was a child. When I recently prepared some for the Elders at church, the men liked it so much that all the wives asked for the recipe.

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Sweet Citrus Iced Tea Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 16 Servings

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Ingredients

14-1/2 cups water, divided
10 individual tea bags
1-1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup thawed orange juice concentrate
Ice cubes

Directions

In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups of water just to a boil. Remove from the heat. Add tea bags; let stand for 10 minutes. Discard tea bags.
Pour tea into a large container. Stir in the sugar, lemon juice, orange juice concentrate and remaining water. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice. Yield: 1 gallon.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 82 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, trace sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Sweet Citrus Iced Tea in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2006, p228