Green Tea Arnold Palmer

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Place tea bags in a large bowl and pour in 4½ cups room-temperature water; let sit 1 hour. Remove and discard tea bags. Pour ½ cup tea into a measuring glass; set aside at room temperature. Chill remaining tea.

   Step 2

   Meanwhile, remove zest from lemons in long strips with a vegetable peeler ; set lemons aside. Combine zest, sugar, and salt in a small bowl and massage together with your hands until zest is limp and sugar is damp, about 1 minute. Let sit 1 hour.

   Step 3

   Transfer lemon zest mixture to a small saucepan and add reserved ½ cup tea. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute. Let lemon simple syrup cool. Strain syrup through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher and discard solids.

   Step 4

   Squeeze juice from reserved lemons through sieve into another measuring glass until you have ½ cup juice; discard solids. Add juice to pitcher along with chilled tea; stir to combine.

   Step 5

   Divide drink among ice-filled glasses and garnish each with a lemon wheel if desired.