Raspberry-Basil Iced Black Tea

Name: Raspberry-Basil Iced Black Tea
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 7 1/2 ounces (1½ cups), frozen raspberries, thawed; 3 tablespoons, chopped fresh basil, plus 4 sprigs; 2 tablespoons, sugar; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1 1/2 tablespoons loose-leaf, black tea; 3 cups, boiling water; 1 cup, ice water

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2020

Beverages

Whether you sip it daily or want a special beverage for summertime meals, here is how to make a lively, full-flavored brew.

SERVES4

TIME20 minutes, plus 2 hours steeping and chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For brisk and refreshing iced tea with intense berry flavor tempered by floral sweetness, we thawed frozen raspberries and mashed them with basil, sugar, and lemon juice. We started by brewing tea with boiling water to extract the aromatic ...

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