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Lemon Fennel Iced Tea

Ingredients:
4 cups water
1/2 cup honey, or to taste
1-tablespoon fennel seeds
Four orange-pekoe tea- bags
Three 3-inch strips of lemon zest removed with a vegetable peeler plus additional for garnish
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste

In a saucepan stir together the water, the honey, and the fennel seeds and bring the mixture to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat, add the tea bags and 3 strips of the zest, and let the tea steep for 5 minutes. Strain the tea through a fine sieve set over a heat -proof pitcher let it cool, and add the lemon juice. Chill the tea, covered, for 1 hour, or until it is very cold.

Divide the iced tea among tall glasses filled with ice cubes and garnish each glass with some of the additional zest.

Recipe makes about 4 cups, serving four.

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