Spearmint Iced Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 quarts water, divided
7 regular-size tea bags
12 sprigs spearmint
3 lemons, zest of
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice (approximately 8 lemons)

Preparation

Bring 1 quart water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
Remove from heat and add tea bags, mint and zest.
Let these ingredients steep for 15 minutes and then strain into a 2-quart container.
Stir in sugar and lemon juice.
Add 1 quart water.
Continue stirring until sugar has dissolved.
Cool and serve over ice.