Turkish Delight Iced Tea

2 large handfuls of dried or fresh rose hip petals

4 tablespoons sugar 

2 litres water 

1 lemon cut up into slices plus another 2 lemons worth of juice to add to mixture once cooled

1 tablespoon rosewater 

2 black tea teabags or loose equivalent

1. Put the rose petals, sugar and lemon slices into a large, heatproof bowl.
2. Meanwhile put the water on to boil (a kettle is easiest but you can use a pan if you can't fit the liquid in/don't have one).
3. Pour the boiling water over your rose petal, sugar and lemon mix, stir and leave to infuse and cool, this could take a few hours.
4. Once cooled, use a filtered funnel, or a fine mesh sieve sat in a funnel and strain off the rose petals and lemon slices, preferably into a screw top glass bottle.
5. Add your rosewater and lemon juice and mix- easiest to put the lid on before shaking it! 
6. Put the bottle in the fridge, it will last for about 7 days unopened. 

The fun part! Try different spirits to mix with this, you can garnish with lemongrass, mint, fresh lemon slices, fresh thyme, wild strawberries, or more rose/other wild flower petals. 

I think it will go quite well with gin as a long summer drink, but i'm sure that any other white spirit would work just as well.