Spiced Raspberry Tea Recipes

RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Remove from the heat; add tea bags. Steep for 5-8 minutes. Discard tea bags. Add 4 cups water. , In another saucepan, bring raspberries and remaining water to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Strain and discard pulp. Add raspberry juice to the tea mixture. Serve in chilled glasses over ice.

RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a large pot, and stir in the tea bags, raspberries, and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Allow the mixture to steep until the desired level of tea flavor is reached, 3 to 5 minutes; remove tea bags, and stir in the lemonade mix until dissolved. Pour tea into pitchers, and add ice to cool.

SPICED RASPBERRY TEA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl; stir well. Using a whisk helps achieve this.
• Pour into a 1-pint wide-mouth jar with a tight-fitting lid a portion at a time, packing down lightly between layers. Seal jar.
• To Serve: Spoon 1 to 1-1/2 tablespons Spiced Raspberry Tea Mix into a cup or mug. Add 6 ounces boiling water; stir until tea mix is dissolved. Serve hot or over ice. You can garnish this with raspberries, orange slice and/or a sprig of mint, if desired.

SWEET RASPBERRY LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put the tea bags in an 8-cup measuring cup or heat safe bowl. Boil the water, pour it over the tea bags, and allow to steep for at least 10 minutes. Allow to cool and remove tea bags.
• In a small saucepan combine the sugar and 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Cook briefly until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add raspberries. Let come to room temperature.
• Combine the tea and raspberry sugar syrup, to taste. Put ice into 4 (12-ounce) glasses. To each squeeze in a wedge of lime, pour sugared tea over, and garnish with a sprig of mint.
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GINA'S RASPBERRY MINT TEA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot with 12 cups of water to a boil over medium heat. Add the tea bags and let them steep for 10 minutes. Allow the tea to cool and discard the tea bags. Pour the liquid into a large glass pitcher.
• Meanwhile, add the sugar and 1 cup water to a saucepan and bring to a simmer, over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Drop in the handful of mint, remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool. At this point, strain and add the sugar syrup to the pitcher. Stir the drink well and divide it between 12 glasses filled with ice. Garnish each serving with some fresh mint sprigs and raspberries.

ICED RASPBERRY TEA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven over high heat, bring sugar and water to a boil. Remove from heat; stir until sugar is dissolved. Add raspberries, tea bags and lemon juice. Steep, covered, for 3 minutes. Strain; discard berries and tea bags. , Transfer tea to a large container or pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice. If desired, serve with raspberries and lemon slices.

RASPBERRY LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place the raspberries, 6 table spoons sugar and lime juice in a food processor and process until very smooth. Strain through a fine sieve. Whisk the raspberry mixture into the tea. Place in a pitcher and refrigerate until cold. Whisk in additional sugar if desired. Serve over ice, garnished with lime slices.

A MOST EXCELLENT RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a 4qt pot, combine water & sugar. This is the time to add a vanilla bean or your whole spice of choice. Bring to a boil.
• Turn off heat & add tea leaves. Cover & let stand to steep & cool an hour or so.
• When somewhat cooled, add fresh raspberries. Continue to let steep/cool a couple more hours.
• Mash raspberries to be sure all juice is extracted. Pour through a fine mesh strainer, pushing on solids to get all the liquid, into a 2qt. pitcher. Add lemon or lime slices, if desired.
• Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.

SPARKLING RASPBERRY TEA

Steps:

• In large pitcher, mix tea, juice and sparking water.
• Serve tea over ice. Garnish with raspberries and mint leaves.

FRESH CRANBERRY SPICED TEA

Steps:

• Place the cranberries and water into a large pot. Bring to a boil and cook just until the berries pop, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand at room temperature until cold, several hours.
• Strain out the cranberries and stir the orange juice, pineapple juice, lemon juice and sugar into the liquid. Add the cinnamon stick, whole cloves and allspice berries. Bring to a low boil. It is ready to serve at this point, but it is even better if you allow it to sit overnight.