Barbara Jane’s Super Summer Tea

Drinks

Ingredients

6 Tea Bags (regular size, or 3 family sized)

2 qts Boiling Water

1 1 /2 cups Sugar

6 oz. Can Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate

6 oz. Can Frozen Lemonade Concentrate

6 oz. Pineapple juice

Handful Fresh Mint

1 /4 tsp Cinnamon

1 /8 tsp Ground Cloves

Instructions

Pour boiling water over tea, mint, cinnamon and cloves. Steep for 20 minutes. Strain into a one-gallon pitcher. Add sugar, stir until dissolved. Add juices and stir well. Fill pitcher with ice. Can be served hot or cold.

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