Apple Spiced Tea Brine - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup coarse salt or 1 cup pickling salt
1 lb brown sugar
4 oolong tea bags
2 quarts apple juice
1 inch ginger, sliced lenghtwise
10 whole allspice
10 peppercorns
2 bay leaves
10 fresh sage leaves
4 sprigs fresh rosemary
10 garlic cloves
4 quarts cold water

Preparation

In a very large pot (big enough to hold turkey) bring all the brine ingredients but turkey to boil then lower heat to simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove tea bags.
Cool.
Add washed and towel dried turkey to apple mixture and cover with ice cold water making sure turkey is completely submerged adding more water if needed.
Refrigerate for 10 to 15 hours just so the turkey absorbs the brine.
Remove turkey from brine discard brine and rinse turkey towel dry inside and out.
Proceed with grilling, frying, roasting your turkey just remember brined foods will cook quicker!