Strawberry Iced Tea

Ingredients
5-6 tea bags
8 cups water (1/2 gallon)
1 pound strawberries, fresh or frozen
1.5 cups sugar
1/2 lemon (optional)
Mint (to garnish)

Steep 5-6 tea bags in two cups of boiling water for about 10 minutes - you want really, really strong tea.

Meanwhile, wash and dice a pound of strawberries, which should make about a cup of juice. Puree in food processor (if using lemon, zest lemon into diced strawberries before puree), then sieve to remove pulp and seeds.

Dissolve sugar into hot tea. Go for 1 cup for just a mild sweetness, but I like the balance best with the full 1.5 cups. Add juice from half lemon. Mix with remaining water and chill, serve over ice with mint to garnish!