McDonald's Sweet Tea

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• Simple Syrup:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• Tea:
• 6 cups water
• 3 family sized or 9 regular Lipton tea bags
• sprig mint
• lemon wedge

Details

Adapted from meemoskitchen.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Simple Syrup:
Mix together water and sugar in a saucepan, stirring to dissolve the syrup. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and stir until thickened. Turn off heat, and cool to room temperature.
Tea:

Bring water to a boil in saucepan. Once water reaches boil remove saucepan from heat and let water sit about 1 minute. Add tea bags and steep 5-15 minutes, until tea is brewed to your taste. Let tea cool to room temperature.


Add 1 cup simple syrup to the tea and stir to mix well. Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour tea-syrup mixture over ice, garnish with mint sprig, or lemon wedge if desired.