Basic Iced Tea Recipe

• 8 tea bags of any good-quality black tea
• 1 medium lemon or orange
• 8 cups simmering water
• Ice
• Rich simple syrup (optional)

1. Place the tea bags in a large heatproof glass pitcher.
2. Use a vegetable peeler to strip the peel from the lemon or orange, avoiding as much of the white pith as possible, and add the peel to the pitcher.
3. Pour the simmering water into the pitcher and let it steep for at least 5 minutes.
4. Remove the tea bags and discard.
5. Refrigerate the tea until cool.
6. To serve, fill iced tea glasses with ice and pour the tea over the ice.
7. Sweeten with simple syrup, if desired.

black tea, lemon, simmering water, simple syrup

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/basic-iced-tea-10442 (may not work)