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Ginger Sweet Tea

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Ingredients

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For the ginger syrup-

  • 1 fist-sized piece of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced very thin (to equal about 1 cup)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup water

For the iced tea-

  • 5 teabags of Lipton black tea
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 6 cups ice cubes

Instructions

  1. In a medium saucepan, combine fresh ginger, sugar, and water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce to a simmer. Cook for 30 minutes, adjusting heat as needed to maintain a simmer, stirring occasionally. Mixture should be reduced by half.
  2. Pour syrup through a fine mesh sieve to remove the ginger pieces. Let syrup cool to room temperature before sealing in a jar and storing in the refrigerator. (You don’t need to let it cool in order to use it to make the tea. You’ll only need half of the syrup to make a pitcher of tea.)
  3. In a 2-quart glass pitcher, add the teabags. Pour boiling water over the teabags and let steep for 5 minutes. Remove teabags and add ½ cup of the ginger syrup, stirring to combine. Add ice, stirring well to cool the tea.
  4. Serve cold.

Notes

** This recipe for ginger syrup makes enough syrup to sweeten two pitchers of sweet tea. Keep leftover syrup refrigerator and use within 5 days.

Find it online: https://kitchenjoyblog.com/ginger-sweet-tea/