Blackberry Iced Tea

Name: Blackberry Iced Tea
Yield: Makes about 7 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 3 cups fresh or frozen blackberries, thawed; 1 ¼ cups sugar; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint; Pinch of baking soda; 4 cups boiling water; 2 family-size tea bags; 2 ½ cups cold water; Garnishes: fresh blackberries, fresh mint sprigs

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Make this sweet, plum-hued beverage year-round by using fresh or frozen blackberries.

Recipe by Southern Living July 2004

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Recipe Summary

Yield:

Makes about 7 1/2 cups

Ingredients

3 cups fresh or frozen blackberries, thawed
1 ¼ cups sugar
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
Pinch of baking soda
4 cups boiling water
2 family-size tea bags
2 ½ cups cold water
Garnishes: fresh blackberries, fresh mint sprigs

Directions

Step 1
Combine blackberries and sugar in large container. Crush blackberries with wooden spoon. Add mint and baking soda. Set aside.

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Step 2
Pour 4 cups boiling water over tea bags; cover and let stand 3 minutes. Discard tea bags.
Step 3
Pour tea over blackberry mixture; let stand at room temperature 1 hour. Pour tea through a wire-mesh strainer into a large pitcher, discarding solids. Add 2 1/2 cups cold water, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cover and chill until ready to serve. Garnish, if desired.

Chef's Notes

For the garnish, cut desired amount of wooden skewers into 5-inch lengths; then place fresh blackberries on skewers.

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SCWAUBURN

08/15/2009

I doubled the recipe and had it at a BBQ party. It was gone very quickly. I didn't change a thing EXCEPT I didn't use mint because I didn't have it.

bahibektoi

08/09/2009

Very, very tasty, and not very teay. Used the leftover fruit to make the Lemon-Blueberry Pops also on this site (which became Lemon-Blackberry Pops I guess) to not waste the delicious fruit. Highly recommended!

davidslori

06/10/2009

Wow! This tea is really tasty. Just like eating fresh blackberries. I altered the recipe: put in 3/4 c sugar and omitted mint and baking soda. Saved the strained chunks to be used in a healthy fruit smoothie for later tonight. You just can't replace healthy eating, or rather drinking. I will make this many times for my family when blackberries are low in price and in season. Well worth the small preparation effort.

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