Spiked & Spiced Tea

• Spiced Syrup
• 1 tablespoon dried peppermint
• 1 tablespoon dried lemongrass
• 3 tablespoons ground ginger
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Spiked & Spiced Tea
• 16 ounces boiling water
• 4 green tea bags
• 2 ounces Spiced Syrup
• 2-3 ounces gin (optional)
• 2 sprigs mint
• ice

1. Whisk all ingredients together in a small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring to make sure sugar dissolves, and cook for 1 to 2 min.
2. Remove from heat. Cover and allow mixture to steep until room temperature, about 20 min. Strain peppermint and lemongrass out. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
3. Steep tea bags in boiling water for 4 minutes.
4. Remove tea bags. Stir in Spiced Syrup and let cool in refrigerator.
5. Thoroughly stir gin into cooled tea mixture. (For a non-alcoholic Spiced Tea, simply omit this step.)
6. Add ice as desired. Add more gin or syrup to taste. Garnish with fresh mint sprig.
7. Note: For a Spiced Tea Toddy, skip the refrigerator and serve piping hot!

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/35064-spiked-spiced-tea (may not work)