Tea Concentrate and Uses – Beverages and Drinks Recipes

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.

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