We can’t wait to make this icy beverage all summer long.

And no one knows this better than Ina Garten.

At the end of her post, Garten teases followers with a question.

a photo of Ina Garten

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Do you know the secret ingredient I use as a sweetener?

Then, combine the tea with the apple juice and refrigerate until cold.

Serve it over ice.

This recipe makes 6 to 8 servings.

It may alsohelp support your immune system.

Each tea is combined with other herby, woody flavors.

And Lemon Zinger has orange peel, roasted chicory, rose hips, lemongrass and lemon peel.

Each of these plant-based ingredients adds its own health benefits to the (tea) pot.

And like the flesh and juice of these citrus beauties, orange andlemonpeel contains nutrients and antioxidants.

With that said, this iced tea recipe isnt one youll want to imbibe all day long.

And apple juice lacks the fiber that awhole appleprovides.

Just enjoy it in moderation.

Now, kindly pass the ice.

Barefoot Contessa.Herbal iced tea.