Recipe information
Yield
Makes about 8 cups.
Ingredients
For the tea:
3 oranges pekoe tea bags
4 cups water
five 5 1/2-ounce cans apricot nectar (about 3 1/3 cups), chilled
1/2 cup chilled simple syrup, or to taste
For the simple syrup:
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups water
Preparation
To make the tea:
Step 1
Put tea bags in a heatproof pitcher.
Step 2
In a saucepan bring water just to a boil and pour over tea bags. Steep tea 5 minutes and remove tea bags. Cool tea and chill, covered, until cold, about 1 hour.
Step 3
Stir in nectar and syrup. Serve tea over ice in tall glasses.
To make the syrup:
Step 4
In a saucepan bring sugar and water to a boil, stirring, and boil until sugar is completely dissolved. Let syrup cool and chill, covered. Syrup may be made 2 weeks ahead and chilled, covered.
Step 5
Makes about 2 cups.
