Iced Citrus Sun Tea
- 2 1/2 cups orange juice
- 4 Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger tea bags
- 4 cups water
- 1 lime
- 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup chilled simple syrup, or to taste
- 1 navel orange, sliced
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1 1/4 cups water
- Fill an ice-cube tray with orange juice and freeze, uncovered, until solid, about 4 hours.
- Orange ice cubes may be made 1 week ahead and kept frozen in a plastic bag.
- In a pitcher combine tea bags and water and let tea stand at room temperature 4 hours.
- Remove tea bags and chill tea, covered, until cold, about 30 minutes.
- Cut half of lemon and lime into slices and squeeze remaining halves into tea.
- Stir syrup and all fruit slices into tea.
- Serve tea over orange juice ice cubes in tall glasses.
- In a saucepan bring sugar and water to a boil, stirring, and boil until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Let syrup cool and chill, covered.
- Syrup may be made 2 weeks ahead and chilled, covered.Makes about 2 cups.
orange juice, red zinger, water, lime, lemon, chilled simple syrup, orange, sugar, water
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/iced-citrus-sun-tea-200602 (may not work)