Iced Rooibos and Forest Fruit Tea

Name: Iced Rooibos and Forest Fruit Tea
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 17 cups, 17 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 -6 rooibos tea bags; 1 -3 ceylon tea bag; 1 -3 forest fruit tea bag; 4 cups boiling water; 1 cup sugar (more or less to taste); 4 teaspoons honey (more or less to taste); 8 cups cold water; 8 cups ice cubes; 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 1 lemon, sliced; 1 orange, sliced

Submitted by Engrossed

"From: “The Africa Kitchen by Josie Stow and Jan Baldwin”. I think any berry fruit tea should work for the forest fruit tea. Will keep for several days in the refrigerator. *Editing after Mikekey's review...I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a weak tea or not but I'm sure it's easily adjusted to taste. (Lesser amounts of tea are original.)"

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photo by Outta Here

Ready In:: 10mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 17 cups
Serves:: 17

ingredients

2 -6 rooibos tea bags
1 -3 ceylon tea bag
1 -3 forest fruit tea bag
4 cups boiling water
1 cup sugar (more or less to taste)
4 teaspoons honey (more or less to taste)
8 cups cold water
8 cups ice cubes
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 lemon, sliced
1 orange, sliced

directions

Place the teabags in a teapot or pitcher and cover with the boiling water.
Brew the tea for 2 minutes then remove the teabags.
Dissolve the sugar and honey in the hot tea.
Add the cold water, ice and lemon juice to taste.
Serve in a pitcher with the lemon and orange slices.

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Reviews

This has potential, but with the amount of water (12 cups!, and I didn't even use the 8 cups ice cubes) in ratio to the 4 tea bags, this was very weak. I would cut amount of water or double the tea. I also cut the sugar to 1/4 cup, but used the full amount of honey. I used a berry and rose hip tea for the forest tea. I love rooibos tea, and get it in different flavors (berry, rum, vanilla, cranberry) but it's flavor was lost here. Sorry.

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