Kuwaity Iced Tea: Cinnamon-Orange Sweet Tea with Mint Syrup

Name: Kuwaity Iced Tea: Cinnamon-Orange Sweet Tea with Mint Syrup
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 8 bags black tea; 1 cinnamon stick; 6 sprigs fresh mint, plus more for garnish; 6 quarter-size coins peeled fresh ginger, coarsely chopped; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 large strips fresh orange peel

You can never have too many beverage recipes, so give Kuwaity Iced Tea: Cinnamon-Orange Sweet Tea with Mint Syrup a try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 103 calories, 0g of protein, and 0g of fat each. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up orange peel, quarter-size coins ginger, mint, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan diet.

Instructions

Combine 8 cups of water, the orange peel and cinnamon sticks in a large saucepan.

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Orange Zest

Water

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Place over low heat and bring to a boil.

Add the tea bags and shut off the heat.

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Tea Bag

Let the tea steep for about 5 minutes (no more or else it will be bitter), then remove the tea bags and chill the tea (don't remove the cinnamon sticks or the orange peel yet).

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Cinnamon Stick

Orange Zest

Tea

Add 1 cup of water, the sugar and the ginger to a small saucepan, and bring to a boil without stirring, over low heat. Once the contents of the pot come to a boil, shut the heat off. Tear the mint leaves and stalks into small pieces and drop into the syrup. Allow the syrup to come to room temperature, about 20 minutes. Strain and discard the solids.

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Mint

Ginger

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Strain the tea into a pitcher.

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Tea

Add the ginger-mint syrup according to your taste buds, stir and serve in a tall glass over ice, garnishing with some fresh mint if you like. Sip languorously.

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Ginger

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Servings:

8bags

black tea 1

cinnamon stick 6sprigs

fresh mint, plus more for garnish 6

quarter-size coins peeled fresh ginger, coarsely chopped 237milliliters

granulated sugar 2large strips

fresh orange peel

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