Royal Hawaiian Iced Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 quarts cold water
15 orange pekoe tea bags
fresh mint sprig
1/3 cup sugar
3 lemons, juice of
1/3 cup pineapple juice
pineapple, spears (to garnish) (optional)

Preparation

In a sauce pan bring 1 quart of cold water to a full rolling boil. Remove from heat; pour over tea. Stir and let stand for 5 minutes.
Stir and strain liquid into a pitcher containing 4 mint springs, sugar and 1 quart cold water. Stir to dissolve sugar. Cool mixture.
Remove mint before chilling for several hours or overnight. Stir in Pineapple juice.
Serve over ice in tall glasses. Garnish each glass with a pineapple wedge.