Royal Hawaiian Iced Tea

Ingredients:

• 2 quarts cold water
• 15 orange pekoe tea bags
• fresh mint sprig
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 lemons, juice of
• 1/3 cup pineapple juice
• pineapple, spears (to garnish) (optional)
• maraschino cherries (to garnish) (optional)

Directions:

1. In a sauce pan bring 1 quart of cold water to a full rolling boil. Remove from heat; pour over tea. Stir and let stand for 5 minutes.
2. Stir and strain liquid into a pitcher containing 4 mint springs, sugar and 1 quart cold water. Stir to dissolve sugar. Cool mixture.
3. Remove mint before chilling for several hours or overnight. Stir in Pineapple juice.
4. Serve over ice in tall glasses. Garnish each glass with a pineapple wedge.