Sweet Tea with Rose Syrup and Lemon

Boil 2.5 quarts of water in a sauce pan. Add 1 cup natural organic sugar, reduce heat slightly and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and steep 5 teabags in the hot water until the tea is dark and strong. Pour into a pitcher if you have one, or quart mason jars if you do not. Add lemon juice to taste. Add 1/4 cup rose syrup or more to taste and stir. You can toss a few mint leaves in as well as long as the tea is still hot enough to steep it. Allow to cool, then chill in the refrigerator.

This is not a diet drink, but when it is 97 degrees who will notice? Rose Syrup can be had cheaply from any ethnic or Middle Eastern Market. If I had tamarind syrup I would try that as an alternative.


*There is a small bottle of rosewater in the photo. I tried using it instead of rose syrup. It gives a very subtle rose flavor. I was not interested in subtlety.