BLACK CURRANT ICED TEA

Black Currant Iced Tea image

Yield Makes about 4 cups

Number Of Ingredients 9

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For the tea:
4 black currant tea bags
4 cups water
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon chilled simple syrup, or to taste
2 teaspoons raspberry vinegar
1 lime, cut into 4 wedges
For the syrup:
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups water

Steps:

To prepare 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 syrup and vinegar. Squeeze lime wedges into tea and add wedges. Serve tea over ice in tall glasses.
To prepare 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.