BLACK CURRANT ICED TEA

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Categories Tea Non-Alcoholic Low Sodium Currant Raspberry Lime Chill Gourmet Drink

Yield Makes about 4 cups

Number Of Ingredients 9

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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

Steps:

To prepare the tea:
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 syrup and vinegar. Squeeze lime wedges into tea and add wedges. Serve tea over ice in tall glasses.
To prepare the syrup:
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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Johannes Lesiba Lekhuleng

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I love the tartness of the black currants in this tea. It's a perfect balance to the sweetness of the sugar.

Maleah Riley-StMary

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This is a delicious and easy-to-make iced tea recipe. I will definitely be making it again.

Kyle Oba

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I followed the recipe and the tea turned out great. I would definitely recommend this recipe to others.

Md sami Islam

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I'm not usually a fan of iced tea, but this recipe changed my mind. It's so good!

saim asad

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This is the best iced tea I've ever had. It's so flavorful and refreshing.

Digonta chakma

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I made this tea for a party and it was a hit! Everyone loved the flavor and asked for the recipe.

Eva Lim

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This is a great recipe for a refreshing iced tea. I especially like that it uses fresh black currants.

Muhammad Muhammadahmad

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I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out perfectly. The tea was the perfect strength and the lemon and black currant added just the right amount of flavor.