Homemade POM wonderful tea?

September 13, 2010 7:39 AM

How to make POM Wonderful Iced Tea at home?

I really love the flavors of POM Iced teas, specifically the green and white varieties. Problem is, its getting to be an expensive habit. I'd like to know what tea bags/leaves or other things to buy so that I can steep large amounts of a similar flavor at home. Any ideas?

I don't really care so much about the antioxidants in the teas. Thanks!

posted by milestogo to Food & Drink (3 answers total)

I've been making cold brewed iced teas using tea bags from trader Joe's. They have a white tea pomegranate flavor. Just steap the bags overnight, remove the bags, sweeten (I use sugar, simple syrup would prob be better). Squeeze a lime or 2 in it. To enhance the pomegranate flavor add some pom juice. Since it's pricy I always use it to strech other drinks or to spritz up my sprite.
posted by mokeydraws at 7:57 AM on September 13, 2010

I'm not sure how it's possible, but Pomegranate Molasses is incredibly cheap. The ingredients are "concentrated pomegranate juice" and nothing more, so my guess is that a spoonful of this stuff would put all the pomegranate juice you could ever want into any of the teas you make. It's a main ingredient in an Iranian dish my boyfriend makes, and after he drains a bottle into the pot, he shakes some water into the bottle to get the last drops and drinks the pomegranate juice, so it tastes perfectly fine diluted (just very, very tart because there's no added sugar). I have no idea why there's such a price disparity between this stuff and the POM juice.

If you have a middle eastern market where you live, they'll carry pomegranate molasses for sure.
posted by phunniemee at 8:11 AM on September 13, 2010 [2 favorites]

Korean groceries also have pomegranate in powder form, and lots of tea selections.
posted by effluvia at 2:33 PM on September 13, 2010