A Most Excellent Raspberry Iced Tea

Submitted by Elmotoo

"I heard a lot about Raspberry Iced Tea during ZWT6. When the dust settled, I went in search. While they all look great, I only have loose tea and Earl Grey bagged to take to work. So I started experimenting (uh oh). I used green tea because I thought that black tea would overpower the delicate raspberries. If anyone makes this with black tea, please leave a comment as to which one & how it turned out! Despite the addition of sugar, this is not a sweet tea. I listed OTHER ADDITIONS because I thought of many other flavors I could add - not necessarily all at once - but haven't gotten around to actually doing it. 'Cooking time' is cooling/steeping time. I hope you enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 2 quarts

ingredients

• 1892.0 ml cold water
• 177.44 ml granulated sugar
• 59.14 ml loose green tea leaves
• 473.18 ml fresh raspberries

• OTHER ADDITIONS

• 1 limes or 1 lemon, sliced thinly
• 1 vanilla bean, halved & scraped
• 14.79 ml peppercorn
• 14.79 ml allspice berry
• 1 whole star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick

directions

1. In a 4qt pot, combine water & sugar. This is the time to add a vanilla bean or your whole spice of choice. Bring to a boil.
2. Turn off heat & add tea leaves. Cover & let stand to steep & cool an hour or so.
3. When somewhat cooled, add fresh raspberries. Continue to let steep/cool a couple more hours.
4. Mash raspberries to be sure all juice is extracted. Pour through a fine mesh strainer, pushing on solids to get all the liquid, into a 2qt. pitcher. Add lemon or lime slices, if desired.
5. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.

Reviews

[Linky]

Refreshing, pretty and easy. I used about half the amount of sugar. Liked the added zing of the lemon.

 

[evelynathens]

Excellent. I added a star anise and about a 1/2 a cinnamon stick to my tea mixture. Also lots of lemon. The sugar is spot on for our tastes and we loved the raspberry tang and colour! There's a little left, so I'm thinking it might not be bad at all with a bit of vodka splashed in???

 

[Sydney Mike]

We do love raspberry tea, so this recipe really drew me in! And, although I did use frozen raspberries, we thoroughly enjoyed the tea! Thanks for sharing the recipe, which I'll keep on hand to do again when fresh raspberries are at their peak! [Made & reviewed in Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup recipe tag]

 

[Baby Kato]

I loved this simple, quick and easy to make recipe Elmotoo. It was awesome. I used frozen berries from my own bushes that I froze last summer, what a great way to use them up. Added lemon slices, vanilla bean, allspice and cinnamon to the pot for a fantastic treat. My dil and I enjoyed this very much, thank you for sharing this lovely treat.

 

[lauralie41]

I used tea bags instead of loose tea and did add a few lemon slices. Easy to make and a nice change from plain iced tea. Thank you for sharing! Made and reviewed for the 2014 Culinary Quest - Family Picks.