Orange Iced Tea

By GratefulSea

Ingredients

• 8 cups water
• 3 Lipton tea bags
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• plus 1 Tblsp sugar or three 3/4-tsp packets of Truvia sweetener, or 2 tsp Truvia, or 3 packets Zero sweetener
• 1/3 cup plus 2 Tblsp lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp orange extract

Preparation

Step 1

Boil water, adding tea & allow to seep for one to two hours. Do not over-steep.

Add remaining ingredients and chill thoroughly.

Serve over ice, garnished with mint or lemon slice.



For Diet Lemon:
12 - packets sweet n' low or equal
1/3 cup + 2 Tbsp lemon juice


For Orange:
3/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. lemon juice
1/8 tsp. Orange extract


For Strawberry:
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 + 1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp. strawberry extract


For Cranberry:
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup + 2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp Ocean spray cranberry juice-cocktail concentrate.