Name: Sweet Tea with Vodka and Lemonade
Yield: Makes 8
Ingredients: 2 large tea bags for iced tea; 1/2 cup boiling water; 8 fresh mint sprigs; 4 cups lemonade made from frozen concentrate; 1/2 cup vodka; Ice cubes; 8 lemon slices

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A perfect summertime cocktail. Because it's a combination of iced tea, lemonade, and booze, we've dubbed it the Tipsy Arnold Palmer.

Ingredient tip:

To streamline this recipe, you can use one cup Sweet Tea Vodka from South Carolina's Firefly Distillery in place of the tea and the vodka. For a list of distributors, go to fireflyvodka.com.

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