5 Refreshing Iced Tea Recipes Perfect for Summer!

It’s summer time! And with that comes the uneasiness of heat. We are all trying to reach homeostasis by different means. The best, most enjoyable being – Iced Teas! Try out these amazing and easy recipes of iced teas:

1. Wild Berry Iced Tea

If you like the citrusy magic of berries, this one is a must try. If you don’t have berries at home, you may try this with syrup. TE-A-ME Ice Brews comes with Wild Berry flavour that you can buy online. It is caffeine free, however, you can replace the puree in the recipe with TE-A-ME Ice Brews and brew the tea bags directly in cold iced black tea. None the less, here’s the recipe from scratch!

What you need:

(for 2-3 glasses)

1. 1 Cup Berries – Raspberries or Blackberries or Strawberries
2. 2-3 Black Tea Bags
3. 3-4 tsp Sugar

Recipe:

Puree the berries in blender and strain.

Brew black tea bags in hot water as instructed and dissolve the sugar in it.

Let this cool.

Meanwhile, ready your glasses – fill them with ice.

Add black tea to the glasses and pour over the puree.

Enjoy!

2. Mint Iced Tea:

This is one of easiest and most loved iced tea flavor. When brewed from scratch, there is room for a lot of experiment. Here’s our spin on it:

What you need:

(for 2-3 glasses)

1. 5-6 Mint Leaves
2. Green tea: 3 tea bags or 2 tsp loose
3. Ginger
4. 3-4 Tsp Sugar or Honey

Recipe:

1. Brew green tea as instructed.
2. Dissolve sugar in hot green tea (if using honey, add it after cooling)
3. Crush mint leaves and add to green tea (leave some for garnishing)
4. Grate few strands of ginger to this.
5. Let this sit in your refrigerator for 10 minutes.
6. Strain and serve!
7. Add baby mint leaves and ice to garnish.

Alternatively, TE-A-ME brings you Mint Ice Brew flavour, to cut short the time spent in the kitchen. Simply dip the tea bags in cold water and voila! In addition, TE-A-ME also comes with delicious Mint Lemon Ginger Green Tea – if you are looking to find good alternative to the green tea mentioned in the recipe.

3. Peach Iced Tea:

Peaches are not available easily. We get it. But the best part is there are plenty of options. Try peach flavored syrup and replace it in the recipe below or get the TE-A-ME Peach Ice Brew Tea Online. Let’s get starting!

What you need:

(for 2-3 glasses)

1. 3-4 Peaches
2. 4-5 fresh basil leaves
3. Sugar or maple syrup
4. Black tea: 3 tea bags or 2 tsp loose leaf

Recipe:

1. Brew strong black tea in hot water, as instructed. Let this cool.
2. Puree peaches and basil leaves together. Strain.
3. Fill glasses with ice.
4. Pour black tea tea.
5. Pour puree.
6. Pour syrup.
7. It will show as beautiful layers, serve with stirrer or straw.
8. Enjoy!

4. Lychee Iced Tea:

The beauty of lychees lie in the simplicity of their flavour – mildly sweet, squishy and absolutely refreshing! We decided not to tamper with that in this recipe. Alternatively, you can simply buy TE-A-ME Lychee Ice Brews online. Let’s get started!

What you need:

(for 2-3 glasses)

1. 6-7 Lychees
2. Black tea bags
3. Sugar/peach syrup

Recipe:

1. Chop 1-2 lychees and keep aside.
2. Puree lychees. Strain.
3. Brew a milder black tea from usual, refrigerate it for 10 minutes.
4. Add puree to black tea.
5. Add syrup only if your lychees are not sweet enough.
6. Serve in glasses.
7. Add ice and chopped lychees to garnish.

5. Lemon Iced Tea:

This iced tea is the most loved, easiest to make and widely available in various forms: iced tea powder, tea bags, syrups. Lemons being widely available, can be easily made from scratch! TE-A-ME Lemon Ice brew available online is also a great alternative if you are travelling and looking for some hassle free portability. Lets get to the recipe:

What you need:

(for 2-3 glasses)

1. 2 large lemons
2. Sugar Syrup
3. Black Tea: 3 tea bags or 2 tsp loose leaf
4. Lemongrass or Mint leaves

Recipe:

1. Brew black tea in hot water.
2. Crush lemongrass and zest some lemon. Add to to black tea.
3. Let this cool in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
4. If using mint leaves instead of lemongrass, crush and add them after black tea cools down.
5. Strain the black tea.
6. Squeeze lemon juice through a strainer.
7. Add sugar syrup.
8. Serve with ice.
9. Enjoy!