Sweet Apple Iced Tea

By pattie_d

Ingredients

• Vanilla Simple Syrup:
• 6 6 6 cups water
• 6 6 6 sweet apple tea bags (recommended: Celestial Seasonings Sweet Apple Chamomile)
• 1 1/3 1 1/3 1/3 cups Vanilla Simple Syrup, recipe follows
• 1 1 1 small apple, thinly sliced
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
• Ice
• 1 1 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1 1 cup water
• 1 1 1/2 vanilla bean, cut in 1/2 lengthwise and seeds removed
• 1 1/3cups 1/3cups

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil over high heat. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the tea bags. Allow the liquid to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Remove the tea bags and discard. Add the Vanilla Simple Syrup and stir. Pour the mixture into a glass pitcher. Add the apple and lemon slices and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Pour the tea into ice-filled glasses and serve.