SOUTHERN STRAWBERRY SWEET ICED TEA
FRESH STRAWBERRIES AND SOUTHERN SWEET TEA COMES TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE REFRESHING, PURE AND DELICIOUS STRAWBERRY SWEET ICED TEA. NO SIMPLE SYRUP NEEDED!
If it’s one thing you can be sure to find on this here blog of mine it’s a variety of homemade lemonades and sweet teas! When it comes to sweet tea I actually prefer the good old classic stuff. Hold the lemon and def. hold the artificial sugar! Aint nobody got time for that.
That was the case for me! I was craving strawberry sweet tea and as I soon as I tasted that batch of strawberries from Harris Teeter, it was on and poppin! This strawberry sweet iced tea is so refreshing y’all! I mean look at it!! Not only is it GORG but it’s full of strawberry flavor while still allowing the taste of classic southern sweet tea to shine on through.
When I first made this I was so afraid of it tasting like a strawberry drink. Nothing wrong with that of course but I really wanted it to still have a nice sweet tea flavor.
INGREDIENTS:
- 6 cups water divided
- 4 cups ripe strawberries makes about 1 cup of juice
- 4-5 family-size tea bags I use Luzianne
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- Frozen or fresh strawberries mint (optional garnish)
INSTRUCTIONS:
- In a small pot, bring two cups of water to a boil.(could also heat in microwave)
- Remove from heat and add tea bags.
- Let tea bags steep for 10 minutes before discarding the tea bags.
- Meanwhile, dice up strawberries.
- Place in a food processor and puree.
- Strain pureed strawberries through a mesh strainer, reserving the juice and discarding the pulp.
- In a large pitcher add tea, strawberry juice and sugar.
- Stir until sugar is dissolved.
- Stir in 4 cups of cold water.
- Refrigerate until ice cold.
- Pour over ice and serve immediately.
- If desired used frozen strawberries as ice cubes and fresh strawberries or mint as garnish.