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Black Currant Iced Tea

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 4 cups

Ingredients

For the tea:

4 black currant tea bags
4 cups water
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon chilled simple syrup, or to taste
2 teaspoons raspberry vinegar
1 lime, cut into 4 wedges

For the syrup:

1 1/3 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups water

Preparation

  1. To prepare the tea:

    Step 1

    Put tea bags in a heatproof pitcher.

    Step 2

    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.

    Step 3

    Stir in syrup and vinegar. Squeeze lime wedges into tea and add wedges. Serve tea over ice in tall glasses.

  2. To prepare the syrup:

    Step 4

    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.

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