Email to Cat      

Tea: Blackberry Sweet Tea

Source of Recipe


Southern Living, May 2011



List of Ingredients



• 3 cups fresh or frozen blackberries, thawed
  
• 1¼ cups sugar
  
• 1 Tbsp chopped fresh mint
  
• Pinch of baking soda
  
• 4 cups boiling water
  
• 2 family-size tea bags
  
• 2½ cups cold water
  
• Garnish: fresh blackberries
  






Instructions



1. Combine blackberries and sugar in a large container, and crush with a wooden spoon; stir in mint and baking soda.
   
   
2. Pour 4 cups boiling water over tea bags; cover and steep 5 minutes. Discard tea bags.
   
   
3. Pour tea over blackberry mixture; let stand at room temperature 1 hour. Pour tea through a wire-mesh strainer into a large pitcher, discarding solids. Add 2½ cups cold water, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cover and chill 1 hour. Garnish, if desired.
   
   Makes about 7 cups.