Raspberry Iced Tea Food

RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Remove from the heat; add tea bags. Steep for 5-8 minutes. Discard tea bags. Add 4 cups water. , In another saucepan, bring raspberries and remaining water to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Strain and discard pulp. Add raspberry juice to the tea mixture. Serve in chilled glasses over ice.

RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil.
• Add sugar and tea bags; steep for 6 minutes.
• Discard tea bags.
• Add 4 cups water.
• In saucepan mix raspberries with remaining 1/2 cup water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Simmer for 3 minutes.
• Push berries through a strainer to remove seeds.
• Add berry mixture to tea mixture, serve over ice.

RASPBERRY BASIL ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 8 cups water to a boil. Add the raspberries, sugar, tea bags and basil. Turn off the heat and steep 5 to 10 minutes. Strain and let cool, then combine with the lime juice in a large pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. Serve in Raspberry Ice-filled glasses, garnished with fresh basil leaves.
• Add 3 raspberries to each ice cube slot in an ice-cube tray. Fill with water and freeze until solid, 6 to 8 hours.

SWEET RASPBERRY LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put the tea bags in an 8-cup measuring cup or heat safe bowl. Boil the water, pour it over the tea bags, and allow to steep for at least 10 minutes. Allow to cool and remove tea bags.
• In a small saucepan combine the sugar and 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Cook briefly until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add raspberries. Let come to room temperature.
• Combine the tea and raspberry sugar syrup, to taste. Put ice into 4 (12-ounce) glasses. To each squeeze in a wedge of lime, pour sugared tea over, and garnish with a sprig of mint.
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REFRESHING RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Boil sugar and water. Add everything else, steep 3 minutes.
• Serve chilled.

PEACH RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Combine honey and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Once the honey has dissolved, turn off the heat, and allow the syrup to cool. (If you are omitting the simple syrup, you may need to add another cup of water to the final tea mixture depending upon how strong or weak you prefer your iced tea).
• In a separate saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to a boil, then remove from the heat and steep the 6 tea bags for 10-12 minutes (covered). Once the tea has steeped, remove the tea bags. Set aside.
• With a food processor or high-powered blender, combine peeled and sliced peaches and raspberries together and puree. Add in 1 cup of water, and blend until smooth.
• Strain the puree mixture through a fine mesh strainer in order to remove all seeds.
• In a large pitcher, combine simple syrup, steeped tea, remaining 3 cups of water, lemon juice, and peach raspberry puree. Stir until combined.
• Add in sliced peaches, raspberries, lemon wedges, and/or mint, if desired.
• Chill in the fridge for 3-4 hours, or serve with ice.
• Enjoy!

ICED RASPBERRY TEA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven over high heat, bring sugar and water to a boil. Remove from heat; stir until sugar is dissolved. Add raspberries, tea bags and lemon juice. Steep, covered, for 3 minutes. Strain; discard berries and tea bags. , Transfer tea to a large container or pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice. If desired, serve with raspberries and lemon slices.

RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a large pot, and stir in the tea bags, raspberries, and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Allow the mixture to steep until the desired level of tea flavor is reached, 3 to 5 minutes; remove tea bags, and stir in the lemonade mix until dissolved. Pour tea into pitchers, and add ice to cool.