Southern Sweet Tea (+fun twist)

September! which means only 1 month to cram all these summer recipes I had meant to do. The good thing of September in Spain is that there is still one more month of summer! So before I forget it I wanted to write down this sweet tea I made the other day. 

I love the concept of sweet tea from the USA...my Virginian boyfriend used to make it, and he made it sound like it a big deal when it's just cold tea and sugar....bam!   Definitely there is more charm in the concept of southern sweet tea than in the tea itself! But with a twist this normal tea+sugar or tea+sugar+lemon combination can taste pretty interesting. So here is my take: 

INGREDIENTS:

-2 litres of water. 
-1 lemon.

-2 bags of English tea like PG Tips

-1 good bunch of fresh mint.

-2 and 1/2 tablespoons of sugar.

-1 grapefruit (the juice).

-1 mango or 1 peach to make "ice cubes" 

STEPS:

1. Bring to a boil the water with tea bags and the lemon (without the peel obviously).

2. As soon as it boils, take out of fire and add the mint and the sugar so that it all dissolves. 

3. Now let it cool off for a few hours and when it is cold add the juice of the grapefruit.

4. Slice up a peach or mango and freeze, and when you pour your tea add a slice as an ice cube. 

5. Finally add a bunch of mint to the glass when you serve it. 

That's it. Kenton at first did not want it but soon realized it was not the disgusting sweet tea that make your teeth fall out of so much sugar.