Miss Kate'S Frozen Tea(Makes One Gallon) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lemons
2 oranges
9 family size tea bags
1 c. chopped fresh mint leaves
1 1/2 c. sugar (more to taste)
1/4 c. maraschino cherry juice
garnish: fresh mint, maraschino cherries

Preparation

Squeeze lemons and oranges.
Chill juices and reserve lemon hulls.
Boil 2 quarts of water.
Remove from heat and add tea bags, mint leaves and reserved lemon hulls.
Steep 30 minutes.
Strain. Add sugar and stir until dissolved.
Refrigerate up to 24 hours. When mixture is thoroughly cooled, add lemon, orange and cherry juices, plus 1 1/2-quarts more cold water.
Stir well and freeze in 1 gallon ice cream freezer to slushy consistency.
When serving, garnish with mint and cherry.