Raspberry Sweet Tea Recipe

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You only need a handful of ingredients to stir together this refreshing, spring sipper. Its brilliant color and smile-fetching flavor will make a popular thirst quencher as the weather turns warm.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Raspberry Sweet Tea Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling

Yield: 15 Servings

5 15 20

Ingredients

4 quarts water, divided
1 cup sugar
10 individual tea bags
1 package (12 ounces) frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed and undrained
3 tablespoons lime juice

Directions

In a large saucepan, bring 2 qts. of water to a boil. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Remove from the heat.
Add tea bags; steep for 5-8 minutes. Discard tea bags.
In another saucepan, bring raspberries and remaining water to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Strain and discard pulp. Add raspberry and lime juices to the tea.
Transfer to a large pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled. Yield: 15 servings.

Originally published as Raspberry Sweet Tea in Cooking Through the Seasons , p93