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Southern Strawberry Sweet Iced Tea
FRESH STRAWBERRIES AND SOUTHERN SWEET TEA COME TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE REFRESHING, PURE AND DELICIOUS STRAWBERRY SWEET ICED TEA. NO SIMPLE SYRUP NEEDED!
Course
Drinks
Cuisine
American, southern
Keyword
fruit tea, how to make, iced tea, southern tea, strawberries, sweet tea
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
30
minutes
minutes
Servings
6
servings
Calories
Author
Divas Can Cook
Ingredients
4-5
family-size tea bags
I use Luzianne
6
cups
water
divided
4
cups
ripe strawberries
makes about 1 cup of juice
1 1/2
cups
granulated sugar
Frozen or fresh strawberries
mint (optional garnish)
Instructions
In a small pot, bring two cups of water to a boil. (could also heat in the microwave)
Remove from heat and add tea bags.
Let tea bags steep for 10 minutes before discarding the tea bags.
Meanwhile, dice up strawberries.
Place in a food processor and puree.
Strain pureed strawberries through a mesh strainer, reserving the juice and discarding the pulp.
In a large pitcher, add tea, strawberry juice, and sugar.
Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Stir in 4 cups of cold water.
Refrigerate until ice cold.
Pour over ice and serve immediately.
If desired used frozen strawberries as ice cubes and fresh strawberries or mint as garnish.
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