Grandma'S Lemon Mint Ice Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 cups water
6 tea bags
2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, or more to taste
1 teaspoon orange-flavored drink mix (such as Tang(R))
2 cups cold water
1 cup white sugar, or to taste
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup lemon-flavored vodka, or to taste (optional)

Preparation

Combine water, tea bags, mint leaves, and orange-flavored drink mix in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until tea is steeped, about 30 minutes. Add 2 cups cold water to tea and remove mint leaves and tea bags.
Stir sugar and lemon juice into tea until sugar is dissolved; refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes. Stir vodka into tea before serving.