Bobby Flay's Blackberry-Bourbon Iced Tea

By cheeserohan

Ingredients

• 3 cups fresh blackberries
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh mint, plus mint sprigs for garnish
• 6 good-quality black tea bags
• good-quality bourbon, to taste

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

1. Combine the blackberries, sugar and chopped mint in a large bowl and mash with a potato masher or wooden spoon; let sit while making the tea.

2. While the blackberries are macerating, bring 1 1/2 quarts cold 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 tea bags and pour the tea over the blackberry mixture. Let the mixture sit at room temperature for at least 1 hour to let the flavors meld.

3. Pour the mixture through a strainer into a pitcher, pressing on the solids. Cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 2 hours. (you can also pour the mixture into a bowl set over an ice bath the cool it faster.)

4. Serve the blackberry tea over ice in tall glasses and float a shot of bourbon on top of each. Garnish with fresh sprigs of mint.