Fruit tea combines the best of sweet tea and sweet juice.
No matter what I did, I couldnt get my tea sweet enough.
That wasnt my only new Southern sweet beverage.
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I soon discovered another Southern menu staple: Fruit Tea.
It’s welcome alongside hot chicken and barbecue, as well as finger sandwiches luncheons and chicken salad.
What’s In Fruit Tea?
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Tennessee Fruit Tea is more than justsweet teaand fruit juice.
The proportions are crucial and different at every restaurant.
That sounds like a simple enough recipe, so I tried to replicate it at home.
But I couldnt quite get it right.
It was honestly a pain brewing tea and boiling sugar water before adding different juices.
My blend was always just a little off.
Shelf-stable versions of the tea and fruit juice can work, too.
You’ll want to chill them before or after combining.
And there you have ittwo-ingredient Fruit Tea, no muss and no fuss.
If you want to be fancy when serving, use that pitcher.
Ingredients
1(64 oz.
)bottlesweet tea(such as Milos or Turkey Hill)
1(59 oz.
Pour the remaining pineapple-orange juice into the bottle of sweet tea, and shake to combine.
The mixture in the pitcher can either be served immediately or decanted back into the juice carton to store.
