Description
This homemade Blueberry Iced Tea is refreshing and made with fresh blueberries. It is better than store-bought teas.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6–8 cups water (use 6 cups for a 2 quart pitcher, and 8 cups for a 2.5 quart pitcher)
- 3–4 bags cold brew tea bags, family size, Luzianne (use 4 for a stronger tea flavor)
- 2 cups fresh, washed blueberries
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup granulated or cane sugar
- ½ lemon, juiced
Instructions
- To a small saucepan, add the washed blueberries, 2 cups of water, sugar, and fresh squeezed lemon juice. Bring to a boil over high heat.
- Once the mixture is at a rolling boil, reduce heat to medium-low and allow it to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove blueberry syrup from the heat. Strain syrup into a measuring cup and refrigerate while steeping the tea. Discard the blueberry pulp.
- Fill glass pitcher with 6 to 8 cups of cold water and add the cold brew tea bags. Allow to steep for 5 minutes.
- Add the slightly cooled blueberry syrup to the tea and stir until well combined.
- Pour the Blueberry Iced Tea into glasses filled with ice and serve.
Notes
- Refrigerate in glass pitcher for 3 days, or until bitter.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Boil, Simmer, Steep
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 97 kcal
- Sugar: 24g
- Sodium: 2mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg