Basic Tea Jelly - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 3/4 cups water
    12 tea bags
    1/4 cup juice (flavor should compliment the tea flavor)
    3 cups sugar
    1 (3 ounce) package liquid pectin
Preparation
    (If not including juice and using a tea infusion as your only liquid, increase the amount of water to 2 cups.).
    Bring water to boil, add tea bags and steep for 30 minutes.
    Discard tea bags. Add sugar (and optional juice) to brewed tea and bring to a boil.
    Boil for 2 minute stirring.
    Remove from heat and add pectin, return to boil and allow to do so for 1 minute.
    Skim off any foam.
    Pour hot jelly into jars and process for 20 minutes.

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