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Watermelon Sweet Tea (Serves 11 cups)
courtesy of therunawayspoon.com

Mint Simple Syrup Ingredients
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
3-4 nice leafy stems of mint

Tea
1 family sized tea bag (I like Luzianne)
7 cups boiling water
A few more leafy mint stems
3 pound piece of fresh watermelon

Method
  1. Place the tea bag and mint stems in a large pitcher. Pour over the boiling water and leave to steep for 8 – 10 minutes, until the tea is a dark amber color. Remove and discard the tea bag and the mint. Leave to cool.
  2. Meanwhile, cut the watermelon flesh into cubes and puree in a blender until smooth. You may need to add a little water to get things moving. Pour the puree into a strainer set over a bowl and gently push the pulp the release the juice. Don’t scrape and push too hard, or your tea will come out to pulpy. You should have about 3 cups of juice.
  3. Refrigerate the juice until the tea is cooled.
  4. In a pitcher or jug big enough to handle all the tea, mix the tea and the watermelon juice and stir well.
  5. Stir in the mint simple syrup to taste – how much you need depends on how sweet that watermelon is, but you are unlikely to use it all. Remember though that you want it a little sweeter in the pitcher, because the ice will dilute it a bit. Save any extra in the airtight jar in the fridge to sweeten other drinks..
  6. Serve over lots of ice with a sprig of mint.






 
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