Blueberry Hibiscus Iced Tea Recipes

BLUEBERRY HIBISCUS ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large jar, steep the hibiscus tea bag in hot water for a few minutes. Once the hibiscus tea is ready, pour the hibiscus tea into two smaller jars. Add blueberry simple syrup to the tea. Start with a small amount and add more syrup to taste. Top the glasses with crushed ice and fresh blueberries.
• To make the blueberry simple syrup, add blueberries, water, and granulated sugar to a small pot. Cook the blueberries for several minutes until they breakdown. Then let the blueberry simple syrup sit until they thicken.
• Serve the blueberry hibicus iced tea cold.

HIBISCUS ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Remove from the heat. Add hibiscus flowers and let stand 5 minutes. Strain tea. Serve in chilled glasses over ice.

HIBISCUS ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add hibiscus flowers. Remove from heat, and let stand for 1 hour. Strain through a sieve; discard flowers. Stir in sugar. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

BLUEBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine water, blueberries, sugar and salt. Cover and cook on low heat 3 hours. , Turn off slow cooker; add tea bags. Cover and let stand 5 minutes. Discard tea bags; cool 2 hours. Strain and discard blueberries. Pour into pitcher; serve over ice cubes. If desired, top each serving with additional blueberries, lemon slices and fresh mint leaves.

ICED HIBISCUS TEA

Steps:

• Boil a kettle of water, then leave for around 1 min to cool to around 90C. Put the flowers in a jug, pour 500ml of the water over the flowers, then leave to steep for 16 mins. This is the optimum time and temperature for extracting the beneficial antioxidants.
• Strain into glasses over ice and sweeten with a litte honey, if you like.

HIBISCUS-HONEY ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large heatproof pitcher, combine tea bags, honey, and 5 cups boiling water; let steep 10 minutes. Discard tea bags. Add lime juice, rum (if using), and 3 cups cold water. Refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour (and up to 1 week). Serve over ice.

BLUEBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Combine blueberries and about a cup of iced tea in a blender and puree until smooth. Strain through a fine sieve into a pitcher and add remaining iced tea. To serve, pour into glasses over ice.