Southern Spiked Mango Iced Tea

Change up your brunch beverage game with this Southern Spiked Mango Iced Tea! Arnold Palmer-style lemon iced tea combined with homemade mango nectar and a shot of your favorite bourbon is a tasty tropical, Southern way to cool down a balmy morning meal.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword spiked iced tea

Prep Time 40

Cook Time 5

Total Time 45

Servings

Calories 327kcal

Author Erica

Ingredients

Mango Nectar

4 mangoes large
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 lime juiced

Tea

1 ½ quarts cold water
6 tea bags
2 cups mango nectar homemade or store bought
2 lemons sliced

Spiked Mango Iced Tea

2 ounces bourbon whiskey
4 ounces mango iced tea
Lemonade
Ice
Sliced mango for garnish
Sliced lemon for garnish

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Instructions

Mango Nectar:

Slice mangoes around pit and scoop flesh, placing it in a blender or food processor. Blend mango until smooth.
In a sauce pot set over medium heat, combine sugar and water. Simmer, stirring regularly, until sugar is dissolved and syrup is clear and no longer cloudy, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, squeeze in lime juice, and cool.
Add mango puree and stir to combined. Refrigerate.
TeaIn a separate large sauce pot, bring 1 12/ quarts of cold water to a boil. Remove from heat and add tea bags, allowing them to steep for 5-10 minutes (more or less depending on desired strength.) Pour into a heatproof pitcher, stir in cooled mango nectar and sliced lemons, and refrigerate until cool.

Spiked Mango Iced Tea:

Fill a highball glass halfway with ice. Add bourbon and mango ice tea, stirring well. Fill glass to the top with lemonade. Garnish with sliced mango and lemons.

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