Black Cherry Iced Tea Recipes

BLACK FOREST ICED TEA

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.

BLACK CHERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Mix tea and soft drink mix together well and store in air tight container.
• To make iced tea, use 1/4 cup of mix per quart of water.
• Serve over ice cubes.

BLACK CHERRY ICED TEA

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.

BLACK CHERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring water to boil in a medium-sized pot.
• Add cherries, sugar, lemon juice, and star anise.
• Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, until the cherries are almost falling apart.
• Turn off heat, mix in black tea, and let stand for 1 hour to cool.
• Strain liquid through a fine mesh sieve, mashing the cherries with a wooden spoon to extract more liquid.
• Discard solids.
• Transfer liquid to a pitcher and refridgerate until ready to serve.