Ihilani's Passion Fruit Iced Tea

Cookgirl's Note:

From Gourmet Magazine May 1998, this iced tea is served at the Ihilani Resort and Spa in Oahu, Hawaii. You can substitute frozen passion fruit puree, available at Latino markets if you cannot find frozen passion fruit concentrate.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 7 cups

• 6 orange pekoe tea bags
• 6 1/4 cups cold water
• 1 cup cranberry juice cocktail
• 2/3 cup frozen passion fruit juice concentrate, thawed
• 1/4 cup honey
• sugar (if using passion fruit puree only)

Directions:

1. Place the tea bags in a heat proof pitcher. Bring a pot of water just to boil and pour over the tea bags.
2. Cover pitcher and allow to steep 3 minutes.
3. Once steeping is complete, remove the tea bags and refrigerate for several hours until very cold.
4. Stir in remaining ingredients and serve over ice.

Reviews

[Maito]

Excellent! I made this with earl grey tea and vanilla sugar instead of the honey. I love the tang of the passion fruit, and that it is only lightly sweet.

[FLKeysJen]

So refreshing...everyone will love this tea which has just the right touch of island sweetness. I stirred the honey into the hot tea before I put it in the refrigerator, and added the juices once it was chilled.