Best Black Cherry Iced Tea Recipes

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Provided by Bobby Flay

Time 2h15m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/4 cup black tea leaves
1 heaping tablespoon best-quality cocoa powder, such as Callebaut
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup black cherry juice
Splash skim milk
Black cherries, pitted, for garnish

Steps:

Combine the tea leaves, cocoa and cinnamon in a large French press. Add 4 cups boiling water and wait 5 minutes; press. Pour into a pitcher and refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.
Stir in the cherry juice. Serve over ice with a splash of skim milk. Garnish with fresh cherries.

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Provided by dicentra

Categories Beverages

Time 1h20m

Yield 2 1/2 quarts

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 1/2 quarts water
1 lb fresh black cherries, pitted or 2 (10 ounce) bags frozen pitted black cherries, thawed
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
3 whole star anise
1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped
16 green tea bags
mint sprig, for serving

Steps:

Bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add the black cherries, sugar, lemon juice, star anise and the vanilla bean with its seeds.
Simmer the cherries over low heat for 15 minutes, crushing them against the side of the pan with a wooden spoon. Remove the cherries from the heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
Strain the cherry juice through a fine sieve into a clean saucepan, pressing on the solids.
Discard the solids. Bring the cherry juice to a boil over moderate heat. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags and let steep for 5 minutes. Discard the tea bags and let cool to room temperature.
Transfer the cherry tea to a large pitcher and refrigerate until chilled or for up to 2 days. Serve the tea over ice, garnished with mint sprigs.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 507.5, Fat 0.4, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 19.2, Carbohydrate 131.2, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 123.8, Protein 2