Berry Iced Tea Recipe

Berry-Iced-Tea

Total Time: 1 hr 20 min
Prep: 5 min
Inactive: 1 hr
Cook: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Level: Easy

Ingredients

For the tea:
4 berry-hibiscus herbal tea bags (recommended: Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger)
4 cups water
1/2 cup simple syrup, or to taste
1/2 orange, cut into wedges
1/2 lime, cut into wedges
8 frozen raspberries

For the simple syrup:
1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

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 simple syrup, to taste. Squeeze orange and lime wedges into tea and add wedges. Serve tea in tall glasses. Garnish with frozen raspberries.

To prepare the simple syrup:

Add sugar and water to a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute; stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Let syrup cool.

Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee / foodnetwork.com