Blackberry & Orange Iced Tea
photo by Julie Bs Hive
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 3 jasmine tea bags
- 4 cups water, cold
- 1 1⁄4 cups blackberries (frozen or fresh)
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice, fresh squeezed
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄3 cup sugar, white (to taste)
- 1⁄2 cup water, cold
- 1 tablespoon orange juice, for rimming glass
- 1 tablespoon sugar, for rimming glass
- 4 orange slices (garnish)
- 4 mint sprigs (garnish)
- 20 ice cubes (mixture of orange juice ice cubes and water & orange slice & blackberry ice cubes)
directions
- Ice Cubes - For flavored ice cubes - freeze orange juice in ice cube trays.
- For the orange slices/blackberries ice cubes - place half a slice of orange and two blackberries in ice cube tray and fill with water -- freeze and store in plastic bag until ready to use.
- Steep teabags in 4 cups of boiling water for 3 - 4 minutes, then discard the teabags. Place tea on counter to cool.
- Don't allow tea to over steep, it will result in a bitter tea.
- In large pot, bring blackberries, juice, sugar and 1/2 cup water to boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally until the blackberries break down.
- Next add the berry mixture to the tea. Allow the hot tea to cool on the counter before putting into the fridge to prevent clouding in your tea.
- Once tea has cooled put in fridge to chill for 4 hours.
- Strain tea mixture and serve in a ice cube filled glass that you have rimmed with orange juice and dipped in sugar.
- Garnish with orange slice and mint. Close your eyes, sit back on the deck and enjoy.
- Iced tea taste best when it is freshly made and will last for two or three days.
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Reviews
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Since I like iced tea, I don't often care how cold it is outside! Even made some of the fancy ice cubes just to see how that would work out, & I tell you, I really enjoyed the nice fruity taste of this tea! With the indicated ice cubes & the treatment of the serving glasses (which I didn't do this time around!), it'd be fit for serving very special company! Thanks for a great keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Beverage Tag]
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