Orange Mint Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
grated rind or 1 orange
2 to 3 sprays mint
6 c. very strong tea
juice of 6 oranges

Preparation

Boil sugar, water and grated orange rind together for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and add crushed mint leaves.
Cool. Combine tea and orange juice.
Half-fill ice tea glasses with crushed ice.
Add tea and sweeten with mint syrup.
Serves 6.