Recipe courtesy of Bobby Flay

Blackberry-Bourbon Iced Tea

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  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 3 hr 10 min
  • Prep: 5 min
  • Inactive: 3 hr
  • Cook: 5 min
  • Yield: About 1 1/2 quarts
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Ingredients

Directions

  1. 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. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Pour the mixture through a strainer into a pitcher, pressing on the solids, cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 2 hours. 
  4. 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).

Cook’s Note

You can also pour the mixture into a bowl set inside an ice bath to cool the mixture faster.

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