If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to taste that delightfully lemony-tart sumac flavor, you can make sumac tea. Sumac fruit is often called lemonade berry because the ripe fruit makes a very pretty, very tart beverage when infused in water as a sun tea or hot steeped tea. Make sure to use water that is hot but not boiling, as boiling water can bring out bitter flavors in the fruit. Sweeten to taste with a little bit of honey or sugar. Be sure to strain the liquid through a coffee filter before serving to remove any debris.
Makes
1serving
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons ground sumac
- 1-2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 cup water
Instructions
For Hot Tea
Heat water to just simmering and remove from heat. Let sit 30 seconds. Pour over sumac and sugar. Let steep for 4 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh strainer or coffee filter and enjoy.
For Sun tea
Combine ingredients in a mason jar and leave in the sun for a few hours. Strain through a fine mesh strainer or coffee filter and enjoy.
Be sure to make adjustments to the amount of sumac or sugar in your tea to better suit your personal tastes.
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Chris is the owner and publisher of edible MAINE. He has always had a love of food and its use as a medium for the creative process. Having spent many years in the restaurant industry he learned as much as he could from every person around him. Chris loves gardening at his home in Greenwood, ME and typically spends each spring planting and each fall harvesting and canning to enjoy his bounty throughout the long Maine winters.
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