Lemon Thyme Iced Tea

On an impulse I bought a lemon thyme plant at the garden center. They had a deal by 12 herbs get $1.50 off each herb. What can I say? I am a sucker for promos like that. I had a trouble figuring out what to do with the lemon thyme but now I am becoming more creative in finding uses for it. One of my experiments actually turned out really well. I like iced tea. I like lemon in iced tea. Why not mix lemon thyme in iced tea? I wouldn't even think of putting regular thyme in iced tea (although that might be an interesting flavor mixed with other things) but I thought that the lemon in it would add nicely to an herbaceous green tea.
I was right!
It did work out very well. I did add some lemon verbena too just to add a heartier lemon punch to the iced tea but the underlying flavor of thyme turned out to add a great extra dimension to the tea. Another benefit is that lemon thyme has been shown to have a high level of antioxidants and it has antiviral and anti fungal effects.
Ingredients:
8 green tea bags
8 cups of water
3 sprigs lemon thyme
1 sprig lemon verbena
1/2 cup sugar

Directions:
Bring the water to a boil, remove from heat and add the tea bags and herbs. Let mixture steep ten minutes then dissolve the sugar. Let tea sit until it comes down to room temperature then refrigerate.

One thing I learned the hard way is to not add ice to hot tea. It turns the tea cloudy and does not look appetizing at all.