Jenny's Tea

I love my sister-in-law's ice tea. She always has it her fridge, or on the stove ready to go. When you walk in her door you can smell it brewing. She uses the bags that have been around for years, you know, that cinnamon-y, spicy and slightly sweet black tea blend. It is almost a bit too sweet for me (how do they get it so sweet in that little tea bag?), so I tend to add a little water to mine. It's a great thirst quencher! So one hot, sunny day last month (one of the few we've had here in the east bay), I decided to make sun tea.

I had an old, very large mason jar that belonged to Jim's, grandmother. So I ran out and bought some of those tea bags fore mentioned, threw them in with a couple of mint bags (I used 3 of the spice and 2 mint) and let 'er steep out in my garden. The jar sat there most of the day (I admit, I had forgotten about it) and when I went out late in the afternoon, there it was, dark and warm and ready to be poured over ice, and I loved seeing it in this old jar, one that no doubt, was used many time in the past.

Tasting it, I decided that even with the mint, it was still a bit too sweet, so I squeezed a couple of lemons and added the juice to the mix, and there it was, Jenny's Ice Tea..Perffeto!!