Governor's Mansion Summer Peach Tea Punch

Ingredients

• 1 liter club soda chilled
• 2 cups mint leaves fresh loosely packed
• 1 liter ginger ale chilled
• 6 oz lemonade concentrate frozen thawed canned
• 5 servings garnish: mint sprigs fresh
• 33.8 oz peach nectar 
• 0.5 cup simple sugar syrup 
• 3  family-size tea bags 
• 4 cups water 

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan

Directions

1. Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan; add tea bags and 2 cups mint leaves. Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Cover and steep 10 minutes.
2. Remove and discard tea bags and mint.
3. Pour into a 1-gal. container; add peach nectar, lemonade concentrate, and Simple Sugar Syrup. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight.
4. Pour chilled tea mixture into a punch bowl. Stir in ginger ale and club soda just before serving.
5. Garnish, if desired.