Homemade Tea Flavored Syrup

We like Celestial Seasonings Teas here…just always have. I like that I can add sugar to one of the teas and end up with something the kids think is Koolaide.

I was making pancakes the other morning and I wanted something different for syrup. While I wish I could always serve my family real, organic maple syrup I just can’t. We go through almost a quart of syrup at breakfast and that kind of cash racks up. So, I make homemade syrup using a little organic maple syrup and organic maple flavoring for flavor.

But sometimes I want something a little different. I was thinking of a fruit syrup.

See, we used to go to the Jersey shore every summer. There were two things we always did…Ate at this little pancake place that had a bazillion flavors of syrup and stop at this place that had trampolines stretched over pits in the sand so I could jump.

See, fruit syrup is special to me but I don’t like the chemical taste!

So, I pulled out some Celestial Seasoning’s Cherry Berry Tea. I steeped three bags in 2 cups water for 4 minutes. Then I Brought the water to a boil and added a pinch of salt and 4 cups sugar.

It is a lot of sugar but the formula for syrup is two cups water to 4 cups sugar. Ya gotta do it. Stir until the sugar dissolves and then boil for one minute. Remove from heat, stir in a tablespoon or so of lemon or lime juice and let cool a little.

You can use any tea you like. Think about peach ginger or blueberry white! Yum! Once you have the basic formula down you can use anything you like.. juice, coffee, anything !

The best part of wakin’ up…

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