Spiked Sweet Iced Tea

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups sugar
• 3 cups water, plus
• 2 quarts water, divided
• 1 1/2 ounces loose black tea leaves (or 3/4 cup)
• 2 ounces your favorite whiskey (recommended ( maker's mark) or 2 ounces bourbon, per serving (recommended, maker's mark)
• ice cube
• 2 lemons, zest of
• 1/2 bunch fresh mint

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar and 3 cups water in a non-reactive saucepan.
• 2 slowly heat until sugar melts.
• 3 remove from heat and cool.
• 4 infuse the black tea in 1 quart of just boiled water for 2 minutes.
• 5 strain tea into a pitcher and then add 1 quart of room temperature water.
• 6 combine the tea and the cooled simple syrup, mixing well.
• 7 refrigerate until cool.
• 8 to serve, fill a 12-ounce glass with ice cubes, a pinch of zest, and a sprig of mint.
• 9 add 2 ounces whiskey or bourbon and fill to the top with the sweetened tea.
• 10 stir and serve.
• 11 repeat as needed.