Bobber's Not Too Sweet Raspberry Ice Tea |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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I LOVE raspberry iced tea when it's not too sweet... this is the result of my tweaking efforts during the summer of 2010... Enjoy! This recipe requires a clean 1 gallon non-reactive container for storage. Ingredients:
9 tea bags (9 regular size or 3 family size hot brew tea bags, i prefer lipton) |
1 cup sugar (heaping) |
1 quart boiling water |
3 quarts cold water (or ice and water) |
3/8 cup raspberry flavored syrup (i use a brand named davinci) |
Directions:
1. Boil 1 quart of water, remove from heat, add tea bags and steep for 20 minutes.
2. While tea is steeping, place sugar in 1 gallon container.
3. After steeping is complete, drain tea bags back into tea and discard bags.
4. Add hot steeped tea to sugar in 1 gallon container and stir well (until all the sugar dissolves).
5. Add about 3 quarts of cold/ice water to 1 gallon container, (leave a little room for the syrup) - stir well.
6. Last, add 3/8 cup raspberry syrup to entire mixture and stir well. (Adding the syrup to the 1 quart of concentrated hot tea earlier results in a slight bitterness I did not like).
7. Place in refrigerator until well chilled, serve over ice - Enjoy!
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