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1 green tea bag, or the equivalent in loose tea Ask a question about this ingredient
2 teaspoons honey Ask a question about this ingredient
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice Ask a question about this ingredient
1 orange wedge for serving Ask a question about this ingredient
Boil a kettle of water and put the tea bag in a mug. Pour 8 ounces of boiling water over the tea and stir in the honey. Taste and add more honey if you like, but remember you'll be adding orange juice later. Allow the tea to steep at room temperature until cool.
Ask a question about this stepFill an 8-ounce glass with ice and add 1/2 cup of the tea, the orange juice and an orange wedge. Top up with sparkling water, stir gently and sip slowly, reveling in summer.
Ask a question about this stepWow! Now, that's what I call efficiency.
Rick Field is the founder of the pickle company Rick's Picks.
We ran out of honey so used agave instead. Wrong move.....the taste overpowered the citrus scents and flavours. But, we recovered - or my daughter did by adding sugar, which enhanced the flavours and gave us a sense of what the true character was. Thank you for expanding our iced tea horizons!