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Monday, June 15, 2020

Earl Grey Sweet Raspberry Basil Iced Tea

Iced Tea is one of my favorite drinks for the summer.  It is so refreshing and it cools you off almost instantly. I love to experiment with different teas and different flavors.  This recipe is totally delicious.  The fresh taste of raspberries with basil and lemon is a wonderful combination.  Instead of using generic black tea, I used Earl Grey.  It made the tea taste extra special and added a great flavor to the raspberries.

I will be enjoying this tea throughout the summer.



Earl Grey Sweet Raspberry Basil Iced Tea

Ingredients:
2 Earl Grey Tea Bags
4 cups water - divided
3/4 cup sugar
Raspberry Infusion
1-1/2 cups frozen raspberries thawed
3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions:
1. Boil 2 cups of water.  In two medium bowls place the sugar in one bowl and the tea bags in another bowl.  Divide the water equally between the two bowls - 1 cup pour over the sugar and 1 cup poured over the tea bags.
2. Stir the sugar until it is dissolved.  Let the tea brew for 5 minutes.
3. Mash the raspberries with a fork or a potato masher until no whole berries remain.  Stir in the basil, sugar and lemon juice.
4. Pour the tea, sugar, and berry mixture into a pitcher.  Add the remaining 2 cups of water (cold).  Stir and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
5. Stir and serve over ice.

Makes 4 servings


1 comment:

  1. We stopped drinking Diet Coke when grocery shopping became such a problem, and switched to ice water from our filtered tap in the refrigerator. Maybe iced tea would be a good innovation for summer -- I'll have to try some of your flavors.

    be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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