Ingredients

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 6 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• Juice and zest of 2 large limes
• 3 black tea bags, such as Twining's Irish Breakfast Tea
• Ice

Instructions

1. Watch how to make this recipe.
2. Bring 6 cups water, sugar, thyme, cinnamon sticks, lime juice and lime zest to a boil in a 5-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove the pan from the heat and add the tea bags. Steep the tea for 15 minutes. Remove the tea bags and allow the mixture to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Strain the mixture into a pitcher and refrigerate until ready to serve.
3. Pour the tea into 4 ice-filled glasses and serve.