| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 3 hr 10 min |
| Active: | 5 min |
| Yield: | About 1 1/2 quarts |
Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh blackberries
- 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- 1 1/2 quarts cold water
- 6 good quality black tea bags
- Ice, as needed
- Good quality bourbon, to taste (recommended: Woodford Reserve)
- Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine the blackberries, sugar, and coarsely chopped mint in a large bowl and mash with a potato masher or wooden spoon and let sit while making the tea.
- While the blackberries are macerating, bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan, remove from the heat, add the tea bags and let steep for about 3 minutes. Remove the bags and pour the tea over the blackberry mixture. Let the mixture sit at room temperature for at least 1 hour for the flavors to meld.
- Pour the mixture through a strainer into a pitcher, pressing on the solids, cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 2 hours. Cook’s Note: You can also pour the mixture into a bowl set inside an ice bath to cool the mixture faster.
- Serve the blackberry tea over ice in tall glasses and float a shot of bourbon on top and garnish with lots of fresh mint sprigs…(like a Mint Julep).
Reviews
We’ve made this for parties, it’s a GREAT drink if you want to have an alcohol and non-alcohol option that’s special/delicious.
Perfect for 4th of July
My tea loving brother is coming this week and I cannot wait to try this one on him!