Tarragon-Spiked Lady Grey Iced Tea
A refreshing and sophisticated iced tea combining the citrus notes of Lady Grey tea with fresh lime and aromatic tarragon. This elegant summer beverage is sweetened with a homemade lime-tarragon syrup.
8 servings
2 hr 5 min
Ingredients
- •1 lime lime zest
- •½ cup fresh lime juice
- •¾ cup sugar
- •¼ cup cold water
- •½ cup packed fresh tarragon leaves
- •4 bags Lady Grey tea bags
- •8 cups boiling-hot water
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Cut off any white pith from zest. Bring zest, juice, sugar, and cold water to a boil, stirring, then let stand, uncovered, off heat 15 minutes.
20 min
- 2.
Discard zest. Blend syrup with tarragon in a blender 30 seconds. Strain through a sieve lined with a dampened paper towel into a glass measure and cool completely.
15 min
- 3.
Pour boiling-hot water over tea in a heatproof pitcher and let steep 6 minutes, then discard tea bags. Cool tea completely.Stir syrup into tea and chill at least 1 hour and up to 6 (cover tightly). Serve over ice.
90 min