Best Iced Louisiana Apricot Tea Recipes

APRICOT ICED TEA

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Categories Tea Non-Alcoholic Picnic Backyard BBQ Iced Tea Apricot Summer Party Gourmet Drink

Yield Makes about 8 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

For the tea:
3 oranges pekoe tea bags
4 cups water
five 5 1/2-ounce cans apricot nectar (about 3 1/3 cups), chilled
1/2 cup chilled simple syrup, or to taste
For the simple syrup:
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups water

Steps:

To make the tea:
Put tea bags in a heatproof pitcher.
In a saucepan bring water just to a boil and pour over tea bags. Steep tea 5 minutes and remove tea bags. Cool tea and chill, covered, until cold, about 1 hour.
Stir in nectar and syrup. Serve tea over ice in tall glasses.
To make the syrup:
In a saucepan bring sugar and water to a boil, stirring, and boil until sugar is completely dissolved. Let syrup cool and chill, covered. Syrup may be made 2 weeks ahead and chilled, covered.
Makes about 2 cups.

APRICOT TEA

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The apricot nectar enhances the taste of the drink, which is made with one of the most popular of the flavored gourmet teas.

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Categories Beverages

Time 4m

Yield 4 cups, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 cup apricot nectar
2 cinnamon sticks
4 small slice orange peel
4 small slice lemon peel
3 cups freshly brewed hot apricot-flavored black tea
brown sugar (optional)

Steps:

Combine the apricot nectar, cinnamon sticks, orange peel, and lemon peel in a saucepan and simmer over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the tea and stir to mix all the ingredients together. Remove the cinnamon sticks and the orange and lemon peel and pour 6 ounces of the mixture into each of 4 cups. Add the brown sugar, if desired.

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