Jimmy's iced tea

Yield: 8 Servings

Measure Ingredient
3 \N Family size tetly tea bags (substitute three regular bags for each \"family size\")
5 cups Almost boiling water
9½ \N Grains saccharin tablets or-
9 \N Packets of Equal/Nutrisweet
⅓ cup Sugar
\N \N Sprig of peppermint leaf (optional)

Following is my Dad's recipe for iced tea, made with artificial sweetener and in quantity, for Southerners who drink it three times a day.

Add tea bags to near-boiling water; steep 10 minutes or longer. Pour tea off, rinse bags with additional cold water so as not to waste any tea. Add saccharin and sugar.

Pour individual, ice-filled glasses ¼ to ⅓ full of tea and adjust strength by judging color while adding water and tea as desired. Further adjustments may be made by adding sugar and/or lemon juice as appropriate.

Note: Tea seems to be better if water is heated in stainless pan, rather than heavy aluminum.

A sprig of peppermint leaf really tops it off quite well! RICK HELD <RHELD@...>

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