Basic Tea Jelly

dividend's Note:

I was intrigued by the idea of making jelly out of tea when someone posted a request for recipes. I tried this one, and I like it alot. Obviously, it all depends on the quality of your tea. So far I've only tried this with a very high quality organic chai, and it is SO good! If you find a type of tea that works really well for this, post a review and let us know! [http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/teajelly.html]

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 35 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 24

Yield: 4.0 1/2 pints

• 1 3/4 cups water
• 12 tea bags
• 1/4 cup juice (flavor should compliment the tea flavor)
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 (3 ounce) package liquid pectin

Directions:

1. (If not including juice and using a tea infusion as your only liquid, increase the amount of water to 2 cups.).
2. Bring water to boil, add tea bags and steep for 30 minutes.
3. Discard tea bags. Add sugar (and optional juice) to brewed tea and bring to a boil.
4. Boil for 2 minute stirring.
5. Remove from heat and add pectin, return to boil and allow to do so for 1 minute.
6. Skim off any foam.
7. Pour hot jelly into jars and process for 20 minutes.

Reviews

[marylouiseW]

This recipe worked better for me with powdered pectin. I added the pectin and brought the tea to a boil, then added the sugar. The jelly set beautifully.

[tinatoona]

Made this with TAZO Passion Herbal Infusion turned out awesome. Did not use any juice. It is sweet but has a tang to it. Excited to use for Holiday gifts.

[GoodnPlentiful]

This recipe proved to be touchy for me. I made four separate batches (followed the recipe to the letter) and only one set properly. Even after waiting two weeks and reprocessing a batch, they still remained as syrup. I can't imagine the type of tea would make a difference but I made orange spice, corn (yes, corn tea!), apricot and red lavender. The red lavender, which was the only one that set up, was lovely. Guess I'll have to keep trying with different flavors!