Apricot Iced Tea Food

APRICOT LEMON ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to a boil, then remove from the heat and steep the 5 tea bags for 10-12 minutes (covered). Once the tea has steeped, remove the tea bags. Set aside.
• In another saucepan, bring 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly (this makes a simple syrup) until the sugar has dissolved. Allow to cool 10 minutes.
• In a large pitcher, mix together steeped tea, simple syrup, lemon juice, apricot nectar, and the remaining 2 cups of water.
• Chill in the fridge for 3-4 hours, or serve with ice.
• Enjoy!

APRICOT LEMONADE ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, 5 minutes., Discard tea bags. Stir in sugar until dissolved; cool slightly. Transfer to a pitcher; cool completely., Add lemonade concentrate and nectar to tea; stir in cold water. Serve over ice with mint.

SUNNY APRICOT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Brew the apricot-flavored black tea double-strength and chill in the refrigerator at least one hour.
• Drain the canned apricots and reserve juice. Mash the apricots in a small bowl with a fork or potato masher, or puree in a food processor.
• In a 2-quart pitcher, combine the chilled tea, mashed apricots, apricot juice, and seltzer water. Stir well and taste for sweetness. Add sugar to taste, 1-2 tablespoons at a time.
• Stir in 2-3 cups of ice cubes and serve immediately.

SPICED APRICOT TEA

Steps:

• Place cinnamon and cloves on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Gather corners of cloth to enclose spices; tie securely with string., Place water and spice bag in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, about 5 minutes according to taste. Discard tea and spice bags., Add remaining ingredients to tea; heat through, stirring to dissolve sugar. Serve immediately.

ICED LOUISIANA APRICOT TEA

Steps:

• In a heatproof pitcher, pour just-boiled water over the tea bags & rosemary, & let steep for 10 minutes before removing & discarding the tea bags.
• Let tea cool, then chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour before removing & discarding the rosemary.
• Stir in the apricot nectar & apricots & pour into 6 tall glasses with 2 ice cubes in each glass.
• Top each drink with some of the sparkling water & ENJOY!

APRICOT-PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, stir together cool water, apricot nectar and superfine sugar.
• Add tea bags; let steep 5 to 7 minutes, dunking bags occasionally.
• Once tea is desired strength, add frozen or fresh peaches.
• Pour over ice and serve.
• ***For Raspberry Iced Tea: Switch to berries: replace apricot nectar with 1 1/2 cups cranberry-raspberry drink.
• In blender, puree 1/2 pint fresh raspberries; strain out seeds.
• Add to cold water with superfine sugar.
• Replace peaches with 1 pint fresh raspberries.

APRICOT ICED TEA

Steps:

• To make the tea:
• Put tea bags in a heatproof pitcher.
• In a saucepan bring water just to a boil and pour over tea bags. Steep tea 5 minutes and remove tea bags. Cool tea and chill, covered, until cold, about 1 hour.
• Stir in nectar and syrup. Serve tea over ice in tall glasses.
• To make the syrup:
• In a saucepan bring sugar and water to a boil, stirring, and boil until sugar is completely dissolved. Let syrup cool and chill, covered. Syrup may be made 2 weeks ahead and chilled, covered.
• Makes about 2 cups.