The Outer Worlds: Purpleberry Fizzy Tea

While playing through The Outer Worlds, I found it extremely easy to get lost in the world and stare at all the products scattered everywhere. I would go into random homes and carefully snoop around to see if I could find anything I hadn’t seen  yet. I really found myself going off the main trail and just exploring all that I could. I appreciate that each of the planets were the size that they were because there wasn’t a lot of dead space. I wouldn’t have to walk too far in a direction in order to hit an interesting setting to look at and enjoy.

One of the most requested brands I get for The Outer Worlds is Rizzo’s. They are primarily a beverage producer. They have a large variety of flavors but their most popular is purpleberry. All of the purpleberry products have this bright purple color which I imagine is achieved with large quantities of food coloring. This week, I finally decided to take a stab at the Rizzo’s Purpleberry Fizzy Tea. I decided right away I wanted to avoid using any food coloring for this but would instead go for a deeper purple color with the combination of blackberries and blueberries. You can easily enjoy this drink just as a tea but to get the fizzy part of the name, you will have to add some club soda. The end result is an extremely light soda. I really enjoyed this drink both ways!

Purpleberry Tea
¾ – 1 ½ cups sugar (depends how sweet you want your tea)
5 cups water, divided
8 oz blackberries
5 oz blueberries
1 vanilla bean
3 earl grey tea bags

Per Serving
12 ounces purpleberry tea
7 ounces club soda
ice
additional blackberries and blueberries

Combine 1 cup of water, sugar, blackberries, and blueberries in a saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and then bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain through a fine mesh strainer into a pitcher.

Heat 4 cups of water in a large pot over medium-high. Heat until it comes to a boil. Add the earl grey tea bags and vanilla bean. Turn off the heat. Let steep for 6-8 minutes. Remove the tea bags, transfer to a pitcher, and stir together. If you would like your tea to be slightly less sweet, add additional hot water.

Allow the combination to cool completely and then store in the refrigerator overnight before serving. 

To serve, prepare a glass with ice and a few fresh berries. Pour 12 ounces of the berry tea and 7 ounces of club soda and stir slightly.

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Purpleberry Fizzy Tea

Ingredients

Purpleberry Tea

• ¾ – 1 ½ cups sugar depends how sweet you want your tea
• 5 cups water divided
• 8 oz blackberries
• 5 oz blueberries
• 1 vanilla bean
• 3 earl grey tea bags

Per Serving

• 12 ounces purpleberry tea
• 7 ounces club soda
• ice
• additional blackberries and blueberries

Instructions

• Combine 1 cup of water, sugar, blackberries, and blueberries in a saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and then bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain through a fine mesh strainer into a pitcher.
• Heat 4 cups of water in a large pot over medium-high. Heat until it comes to a boil. Add the earl grey tea bags and vanilla bean. Turn off the heat. Let steep for 6-8 minutes. Remove the tea bags, transfer to a pitcher, and stir together. If you would like your tea to be slightly less sweet, add additional hot water.
• Allow the combination to cool completely and then store in the refrigerator overnight before serving.
• To serve, prepare a glass with ice and a few fresh berries. Pour 12 ounces of the berry tea and 7 ounces of club soda and stir slightly.