Strawberry Ice Tea!

Ingredients

For the Strawberry Simple Syrup:

• 4 cups fresh or frozen strawberries
  
• 1 1/2 cups water
  
• 1 1/2 cups pure cane or coconut sugar (or sweetener of choice)
  

For the Tea:

• 7 Rooibos tea bags
  
• 3 cups boiling water
  
• Strawberry Simple Syrup

Directions

For the Strawberry Simple Syrup:

1. Add strawberries, sugar, and water to a saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Let cool slightly then pour the syrup through a fine mesh sieve into a 2 litre pitcher. Discard the cooked fruit.
   

For the Tea:

1. Bring water to a boil, remove from heat, drop in tea bags, and steep for 10-15 minutes.
   
2. Pour tea into the pitcher w/ the syrup and stir.
   
3. Fill the rest of the pitcher w/ cold water.
   
4. Chill completely then serve over ice &/or freshly frozen strawberries.
   
5. Enjoy!