Blueberry-lemonade Iced Tea

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• 16 ounces frozen unsweetened frozen blueberries (purchased from aldi's)
• 4 cups water
• 10 orange & black pekoe flavored tea bags (purchased from aldi's)
• 3 cups blueberry juice (ocean spray blueberry juice cocktail)
• 1 (1/2 ounce) container sugar-free lemonade-flavored drink mix (purchased from aldi's)

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, add the frozen blueberries, and the water.
• 2 bring water to a boil; stir once or twice while waiting for the water to come to a boil.
• 3 after the water comes to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, cover the pan, and simmer the berries for 10 minutes.
• 4 remove pan from the heat, and strain the water/blueberries.
• 5 add the tea bags to the pan, cover the pan, and steep the tea for 1 hour.
• 6 remove the tea bags from the pan, and strain the tea twice.
• 7 pour the blueberry-tea into a heat proof glass pitcher.
• 8 to the pitcher, add one tub of the sugar-free lemonade flavored drink mix, and give the mixture a good stir.
• 9 add the blueberry juice to the pitcher, and stir.
• 10 at this point you can immediately serve the tea in a glass filled with ice, or you can chill the tea in the refrigerator until ready to serve.