Sweet Iced Tea

Name: Sweet Iced Tea
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes about 6½ cups)
Ingredients: 10 , black tea bags; 4 cups, water, at room temperature; 2 cups fruit, juice; 6 - 9 tablespoons Simple Sauce, recipe (see headnote)

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2005

Beverages

Iced tea should be perfectly clear and extra smooth, without any bitterness. We wanted to achieve this without resorting to sun tea.

SERVES8 (Makes about 6½ cups)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We started our Sweet Iced Tea recipe by skipping the heat. We steeped a large quantity of tea bags in room-temperature water for a strong-flavored brew without the bitterness. Instead of granulated sugar, we sweetened the tea with simple sy...

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