Bobber's Not Too Sweet Raspberry Ice Tea

Name: Bobber's Not Too Sweet Raspberry Ice Tea
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 Gallon, 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 9 tea bags (9 regular size or 3 family size hot brew tea bags, I prefer Lipton); 1 cup sugar (heaping); 1 quart boiling water; 3 quarts cold water (or ice and water); 3/8 cup raspberry flavored syrup (I use a brand named DaVinci)

Submitted by Bobber1234

"I LOVE raspberry iced tea when it's not too sweet... this is the result of my tweaking efforts during the summer of 2010... Enjoy! This recipe requires a clean 1 gallon non-reactive container for storage."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 5
Yields:: 1 Gallon
Serves:: 10

ingredients

9 tea bags (9 regular size or 3 family size hot brew tea bags, I prefer Lipton)
1 cup sugar (heaping)
1 quart boiling water
3 quarts cold water (or ice and water)
³⁄₈ cup raspberry flavored syrup (I use a brand named DaVinci)

directions

Boil 1 quart of water, remove from heat, add tea bags and steep for 20 minutes.
While tea is steeping, place sugar in 1 gallon container.
After steeping is complete, drain tea bags back into tea and discard bags.
Add hot steeped tea to sugar in 1 gallon container and stir well (until all the sugar dissolves).
Add about 3 quarts of cold/ice water to 1 gallon container, (leave a little room for the syrup) -- stir well.
Last, add 3/8 cup raspberry syrup to entire mixture and stir well. (Adding the syrup to the 1 quart of concentrated hot tea earlier results in a slight bitterness I did not like).
Place in refrigerator until well chilled, serve over ice -- Enjoy!