Recipe ingredients and directions:
Tea Concentrate
Recipe: Apricot Tea Sparkler
Recipe: Cinnamon Citrus
Tea Concentrate
1/4 cup loose tea leaves, or 12 tea bags
5 cups water
Combine 1/4 cup loose tea leaves or 12 tea bags (any flavor or
variety) with 5 cups water in a 3- to 4-quart pan. Bring to a
boil over high heat; boil, uncovered, until liquid is reduced to
4 cups, about 6 minutes. Pour liquid concentrate through a fine
strainer into a container; discard residue. Cover and chill until
cold, at least 3 hours or up to 2 weeks.
This whole recipe makes 12 servings when diluted, 1 pint concentrate
to 3 pints liquid. May be mixed with water for plain iced tea or used
in the following recipes:
Apricot Tea Sparkler
1 1/3 cups tea concentrate
1 1/3 cups chilled canned apricot nectar
1 1/3 cups chilled sparkling water
Mix and pour over ice cubes.
Makes 4 servings.
Cinnamon Citrus
1 1/3 cup tea concentrate
Thinly pared peel of 1 small orange
1 cinnamon stick, 2 inches
2 2/3 cups chilled sparkling water
1/4 to 1/2 cup thawed orange juice or tangerine juice concentrate
Mix tea concentrate, orange peel, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil,
then chill at least an hour. Discard orange peel and cinnamon stick.
Add sparkling water.
Place the orange juice or tangerine juice concentrate in the
bottoms of 4 glasses. Add ice cubes. Gently pour the tea into the
concentrate and stir before sipping.
Makes 4 servings.
Category: Beverages & Drinks Recipes