legit Lebanese tea recipe

I’ve always loved Lebanese tea from Alabasha and elsewhere, but no recipe I found online ever quite replicated it. I heard a rumor from a friend that they use country time lemonade mix, and after messing around with a few ratios I got something that tastes nearly identical. Here it is:

Ingredients
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8 black tea bags (Luzianne, Lipton, etc)
2/3 cup country time lemonade mix (2 quart line in cap)
1 teaspoon rose water
4 quarts water, divided
Pine nuts (optional)

Instructions
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1. Bring 2 quarts of water to rolling boil in pot on stove
2. Place in 8 tea bags, remove from heat, and steep for 4 minutes, then remove tea bags
3. Stir in country time lemonade mix
4. Fill pitcher with 2 quarts of water (or ice to chill quicker), and then pour lemon tea mixture into pitcher
5. Add 1 teaspoon rose water and stir
6. Chill in refrigerator until cooled
7. Serve cold with pine nuts as garnish


I kept seeing a recipe circulate online that called for 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice and cane sugar, but it just never was right. But the low brow lemonade mix was the way to go. If this isn’t the exact recipe, it has to be 90% there I swear.