It's one of summer's perennial questions: How do you get sugar to dissolve in a cold glass of tea? Stop stirring, and instead sweeten your tea with syrups infused with mint or lemon, flavoring your brew at the same time. For mint, you will need 1/2 cup packed fresh mint; for lemon, the zest and juice of 2 lemons. In a small sauce pan, combine mint leaves or lemon zest and juice with 1 cup sugar and 1 1/2 cups water; bring to a boil, let the sugar dissolve, and remove the pan from the heat. Let liquid cool; strain through a fine sieve. Use about 4 teaspoons of syrup per tall glass of tea. Syrups will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Iced Tea Syrups
Martha Stewart Living, August 2004
This is a really nice little hostess gift if you can find some cool jar to put it in. Then just put on a cute little tag for ideas how to use it.
Saw this trick when we were in Thailand...what a great idea, I can't believe I didn't think of it before
I drink a lot of green and white tea. try this with honey instead of sugar. Heat it in the microwave and add mint extract after it cools. I live in Arizona where lemons actually grow so I will make a bunch of this and freeze it in ice cube trays. Thanks
WELL I GAVE THE RECIPE A TRY ONLY SUBSTITUTING 'SOMERSWEET' FOR THE SUGAR. HAVE TO GET USED TO THE TASTE BUT KNOWING ITS MUCH BETTER FOR OUR BODY. I'LL KEEP ON USING IT.
You could cut this recipe in half or in just make 1/4. I bet it would freeze well too!
THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, HOWEVER 1 CUP OF SUGAR IS 1 CUP TO MUCH FOR ME. WILL TRY THE MINT AND LEMONS. SOUNDS GOOD