Tropic Tea

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon firmly spearmint leaves fresh packed
• 0.5 fluid ounce pear-flavored vodka absolut® (such as )
• 1 tablespoon simple syrup glaze to taste
• 2  tea bags lipton® (such as )
• 0.5 cup very water hot

Equipment

Directions

1. Pour water into a glass and add tea bags. Steep tea until water is very dark, about 4 minutes; discard tea bags.
2. Crush spearmint leaves in the bottom of a 12-ounce glass until leaves are bruised and broken up. Stir ice, tea, and simple syrup into glass.
3. Pour vodka into glass and stir.