Iced Louisiana Apricot Tea Food

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.

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.

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!

EASY HOMEMADE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour the boiling water over the tea bags and allow to brew for 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags and allow to cool. To speed up the cooling process, add some ice to the brewed tea.
• Once cool, pour the cooled tea into a large jug and top with the fruit juice. Add ice and fruit of your choice and serve.

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.

LOUISIANA SWEET TEA

Steps:

• fill water in coffee pot to 12 cups.
• put tea bags where you would put coffee but with no filter.turn on.
• meanwhile in a 1 gallon pitcher add 2 cups of sugar(may adjust to your taste). when tea is done pour it into the pitcher and add enough water to make one gallon.add lemon if you want(in the south we dont add lemon).
• **you can use ice instead of extra water ,fill the pitcher completely with the ice before you put the hot tea in the pitcher. when tea is done pour into the pitcher and stir. refrigerate until cold and enjoy!

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!