Blueberry-Lemonade Iced Tea

Submitted by Cindi Bauer

"This is "the best" blueberry-lemonade iced tea I've ever had. Frozen (unsweetened) blueberries, Ocean Spray's Blueberry Juice Cocktail, sugar-free lemonade flavored drink mix and water, are the ingredients needed to make this tea. Note: prep time includes steeping the tea."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 56 ounces

ingredients

• 16 ounces frozen unsweetened frozen blueberries (purchased from Aldi's)
• 4 cups water
• 10 orange & black pekoe flavored tea bags (purchased from Aldi's)
• 3 cups blueberry juice (Ocean Spray Blueberry Juice Cocktail)
• 1 (1/2 ounce) container sugar-free lemonade-flavored drink mix (purchased from Aldi's)

directions

1. In a large saucepan, add the frozen blueberries, and the water.
2. Bring water to a boil; stir once or twice while waiting for the water to come to a boil.
3. After the water comes to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, cover the pan, and simmer the berries for 10 minutes.
4. Remove pan from the heat, and strain the water/blueberries.
5. Add the tea bags to the pan, cover the pan, and steep the tea for 1 hour.
6. Remove the tea bags from the pan, and strain the tea twice.
7. Pour the blueberry-tea into a heat proof glass pitcher.
8. To the pitcher, add one tub of the sugar-free lemonade flavored drink mix, and give the mixture a good stir.
9. Add the blueberry juice to the pitcher, and stir.
10. At this point you can immediately serve the tea in a glass filled with ice, or you can chill the tea in the refrigerator until ready to serve.