Easy Southern Beverages

Try these old fashioned southern favorite beverages on a hot day:

Old Fashioned Mint Tea

Syrup:
2 cups sugar
½ cup water
grated rind of one orange
Tea:
juice of 6 oranges
6 glasses of very strong tea
several sprays of mint

Boil the sugar, water, and orange rind for about 5 minutes.  Remove from the heat and add the crushed leaves of mint and let cool.  Add the orange juice to the tea.  Half fill the iced tea glasses with crushed ice, add the tea and sweeten to taste with the mint syrup.  A sprig of mint or a slice of orange makes a nice garnish.

 

More Links For Tea Drinkers:

Fog Tea - All about tea

Tea Time Directory - THE resource for Tea!

 

Recipes coming soon:

Dandelion Wine

Lemonade

Muscadine Wine,

Sweet Tea