Carambola Iced Tea Cooler is a refreshing tropical iced tea recipe made with fresh carambola juice. This tropical flavored iced tea recipe is a great way to use fresh star fruit.
Bring the water to a boil in a medium pot. Drop the black tea bags into the boiling water and boil for 2 minutes. Remove the pot from the burner and steep for 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags from the pot and stir in the sugar.
Allow the tea to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate to speed up cooling. Trim the edged off the star fruit points. Slice each trimmed carambola into star shapes. Use the tip of your knife to pop the seeds out of each slice.
Place the sliced carambola into a blender or food processor. Process the carambola slices about one minute in the blender until the pulp is liquefied. Pour the thick carambola juice through a fine mesh strainer placed over a bowl.
Strain all the juice from the pulp. Fill a large pitcher with ice. Pour the strained carambola juice into the pitcher. Fill the pitcher with the black tea. Stir and serve over ice and garnish the glass with slices of star fruit.