Berry Mint Iced Tea Food

BERRY, MELON AND MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 5 cups water and the sugar to a boil in a heavy large saucepan. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the mint. Remove the pan from the heat and add the tea bags. Let the tea steep for 10 minutes. Cool the tea to room temperature. Strain the tea into a large pitcher or bowl.
• Blend the watermelon and strawberries until smooth in a blender. Stir the fruit mixture into the tea. Add the lemon juice, peppermint and salt. Chill the tea until very cold, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day. Before serving, add chilled prosecco if using.
• Put a few ice cubes into each of the 6 glasses or water goblets. Add some watermelon, strawberries and the blackberries to each glass. Pour tea into each glass and garnish with mint sprigs and serve, passing lemon wedges.

VERY BERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add the tea bags to a heatproof container and pour over the boiling water. Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes, then remove the bags.
• Meanwhile, put the jelly in a small pot set over medium-high heat. Add the cranberry juice and stir to combine. Bring the berry mixture to a simmer and cook until the jelly is dissolved, about 4 minutes.
• Strain the berry mixture through a sieve into the tea container (discard any seeds/pulp). Add 6 cups ice cubes to the berry tea and stir to combine. Once cooled, keep refrigerated in an airtight container.
• To serve, place ice cubes into 8 tall glasses. Add raspberries to each glass. Pour the tea over the ice and berries.

MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Brew tea in boiling water, letting steep for 10 minutes. Pour brewed tea into a serving pitcher. Add sugar and lemon, and swirl in the mint, holding it by the stems and using it to stir and dissolve the sugar. When sugar is dissolved, drop mint into pitcher and add 2 cups cold water. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Strain mint out before serving and serve cold.