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Spiced Black Currant Iced Tea

A refreshing herbal iced tea with a nice crimson color. For a frosted look, freeze the glasses ahead of time, and dip the rims into sugar before pouring the tea.

Ingredients:
6 cups water
Twelve wild black currant herbal tea- bags
Two 3-inch-long sticks of cinnamon broken in half
1 tablespoon (packed) minced peeled fresh ginger
6 tablespoons frozen raspberry-cranberry juice concentrate
1/4 cup sugar
Ice cubes
Eight sticks of cinnamon
Eight crystallized ginger rounds

Bring 6 cups water to boil in large saucepan. Add tea bags, broken cinnamon sticks, and fresh ginger. Remove from heat. Cover; steep 10 minutes. Mix in juice concentrate and sugar. Chill until cold.

Strain tea mixture into pitcher. In the interest of time, you can make this a day ahead of time. Keep it covered and chilled until serving time.

Fill eight wineglasses with ice. Pour tea mixture over. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and ginger rounds. Recipe serves eight.

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