Lemon Ice tea - Linny at Home

Ingredients

2 tbsp sugar (more sugar if you like it more sweet)
2 large lemons
4 cups water (add about 2 tbsp of more water to account for evaporation)
4 tbsp loose Oolong tea leaves (or 2 black tea bags)
¼ tsp salt

Instructions

Scrub the lemons with salt and wash with water
Cut the ends of the lemons off, set aside.
Cut the lemons into slices about 1/8 of an inch.
Remove the seeds from the lemon slices and set aside.
Cut the ends of the lemons into small chunks.
In a pot add in 1 tbsp of sugar, lemon ends, loose tea leaves. If you are using tea bags, leave it for later.
On medium low heat start heating up the lemon ends, tea leaves with the sugar.
Once the sugar melts or wait for a slight browning of the sugar before adding in the water.
Turn the heat to medium and let the tea simmer. If you are using tea bags, then add the tea bags now and let the water simmer.
Once there are bubbles appearing on the surface of the water, turn the heat off. Add in salt and rest of the sugar. Stir and let it cool to room temperature.
Once it's cool down, remove the loose tea leaves and lemon ends. Add in the lemon slices.
You can drink it right away with some ice or let it completely chill in the fridge.
Serve with ice.

Notes

This works best with black tea because black tea can withstand higher temperature than green tea. If using green tea, do everything from above but don't add the green tea until the water is warm and let it simmer for about 5-10 minutes on low heat before cooling.