I absolutely LOVED everything about this Herbal Iced Tea that I made for my mom’s birthday dinner! Since her birthday dinner was Ina Garten themed and I was making all of Ina’s recipes…I knew I had to find a drink recipe in addition to all the food I was making! When I found Ina’s Herbal Iced Tea recipe in her Barefoot Contessa Family Style Cookbook, I knew it would be perfect!
It’s a great recipe because it has no added sugar (the apple juice in it sweetens it) and it is caffeine free! I took Ina’s recipe and altered it just a bit, swapping out the Red Zinger Tea for Wild Berry Zinger Tea. And I also tripled the recipe to make it party-sized!! Since I was having the entire family over for dinner, I knew I wanted enough to fill a large drink dispenser so there would be enough for everyone! As everyone arrived for the birthday dinner party, I greeted them at the door, welcomed them to my own “Barefoot Contessa” restaurant, and served the Herbal Iced Tea in stemless wine glasses to make it fancy!
Ingredients
- 12 cups water
- 12 cups apple juice
- 12 Celestial Seasonings Lemon Zinger tea bags
- 12 Celestial Seasonings Wild Berry Zinger tea bags
Instructions
- Boil 12 cups of water in a large pot on the stove.
- Once the water comes to a boil, turn off the heat and steep all 24 tea bags in the water for about 10 minutes.
- Remove the tea bags and let the tea cool off a bit.
- Combine the tea with the 12 cups of apple juice. Pour into a drink dispenser and place in the refrigerator until it is cold.
- Serve over ice cubes.
Recipe adapted from Ina Garten’s “Herbal Iced Tea Recipe” from the Barefoot Contessa Family Style Cookbook.
BA it was delicious; so refreshing and sweet, better than soda!