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Orange Mint TeaA light, refreshing beverage inspired by the tea served at the Nav Jiwan Tea Room at the Ten Thousand Villages store in Akron, Pa.Yields 2 quarts / 2 L 3 cups / 750 ml water 5-6 sprigs fresh mint (each about 6 inches / 15 cm, well rinsed) Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Add mint, cover, remove from heat and steep 15 minutes or longer. Remove mint. 1/3 cup / 75 ml sugar or to taste Add and stir until dissolved. The resulting concentrate may be cooled and frozen for later use. 2 cups / 500 ml orange juice 1/2 cup / 125 ml lemon juice water and ice Combine juices in a half-gallon / 2-L serving pitcher. Add mint concentrate plus water and ice to fill the pitcher. Chill completely and serve garnished with mint sprigs and thin slices of oranges or lemons (optional). Cathleen Hockman-Wert, Corvallis, Oregon |
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