Refreshing Iced Tea For New Year’s Day!

Ingredients

⅓ cup sugar
½ cup water
2 lemons
6 cups brewed back tea (or any black tea will substitute)
1 cup fresh lemon verbena leaves
4 cups of ice
2 sticks of lemongrass- bashed
½ cup of chopped ginger

Method

• Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, cook for 1 minute until sugar dissolves. Cool completely and add the squeezed lemon juice.
• Strain the warm infused tea and add the verbena leaves and allow to infuse whilst it is cooling for about 5 minutes, then add all the remaining ingredients except the ice and chill well.
• Serve well chilled over ice.

The Carousel thanks Justin North for this recipe.