Raspberry Iced Tea
Raspberry iced tea is a sweet and fruity iced tea that is sure to become one of your favorite summer beverages. This beautiful drink is delightfully refreshing.
Ingredients
- 10 cups water divided into 6 cups for tea bags, 2 cups for berries, and 2 cups cold water
- 8 family-sized tea bags tags removed
- 12 ounces frozen raspberries 24 to 30 frozen berries reserved for garnish
- 1 ¼ cup sugar additional ¼ to ½ cup of sugar may be added for a sweeter tea
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Bring 6 cups of water to a boil.
- Add tea bags to the water, remove from heat, and steep for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Remove tea bags.
- Add sugar to hot tea mixture and stir to dissolve.
- Pour the hot tea mixture into a pitcher and add 2 cups of cold water and lemon juice.
- Bring the remaining 2 cups of water to a low boil.
- Add frozen berries, minus the berries for garnish.
- Simmer berries for 5 minutes.
- Pour the berry juice through a screen sieve into the tea mixture.
- Chill in the refrigerator until cool.
- Serve over ice with reserved berries for garnish.