Iced Tea Recipe

This homemade Iced Tea Recipe is a tasty blend of peach, green and mint teas. If you want to know how to make iced tea with tea bags so it turns out light and refreshing every time, this recipe is for you. This recipe is a family favorite and we love to sip on during warm summer days.  

Our iced tea recipe is super easy to make and it’s great to serve at cookouts, potlucks, birthday parties, baby showers, game day and casual get-togethers.

My mom used to make this recipe mostly during the summers when I was growing up. She would get up early in the mornings to cut up fresh fruit from our local farmers market, and then she would make a big pitcher of this iced tea for us. This was also a popular drink that she would make for a group of girl friends she played tennis with when she’d have them over for lunch. She’d fill beautiful tall glass pitchers full of tea, ice and fresh chopped peaches, apples, lemons and oranges. It makes such a pretty presentation with the added fruit, sort of like a sangria. This delicious refreshing drink is always a hit!

Iced Tea Recipe Ingredients

• Tea bags.  We use a combination of peach, green and mint tea bags.
• Water.  Use a good spring or filtered water to steep your tea with.
• Sweetener. We use honey as a sweetener but you can use granulated sugar if you like. 
• Ice. Lots of ice make this beverage nice and cold.

Find printable recipe with the measurements below.

Variations

• If you like, you can use all black tea bags (such as Lipton) or all green tea bags (we love Stash). The directions are the same no matter what type you use.
• To make a pretty presentation, add chopped fresh fruit like peaches, nectarines, apple, lemon, lime and orange to a pitcher and mix it in with the ice, then pour the chilled tea over it.
• Serve with our Peach Ice Cubes
• Stir in the juice of 1-2 lemons to add a lemony flavor.

How To Make Iced Tea

• Boil water:  Fill tea kettle or pot with water and heat to a simmer just before boiling then remove from heat.
• Add Tea bags:  Add tea bags to hot water and let them steep 3-5 minutes, depending on how strong tasting you like your tea.  
• Discard tea bags: Remove tea bags from tea and discard.
• Refrigerate:  After the tea has cooled to room temperature, pour it into a glass pitcher and refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving
• Serve:  Serve chilled iced tea over ice and enjoy. 

How Long Should Tea Steep?

How long you steep tea really depends on how strong you like your tea. The longer you steep it, the more bitter tasting it can become. 

Tips For Making The Best Iced Tea 

Here’s a few tips for making the best iced tea.

• Measure the water so your tea doesn’t turn out too strong or too diluted.
• Set a timer for 3 minutes while steeping the tea. If you like a stronger tea, then set the timer for 5 minutes. The longer you steep tea, the more bitter tasting it becomes. And that’s NOT the taste we’re going for.
• Do NOT squeeze or wring out the tea bags to get all of the liquid out. This will make your tea taste bitter. Just remove the tea bags and discard them.
• Use a good filtered water or spring water rather than tap water for the best tasting tea.

How Long Does Iced Tea Last In The Fridge?

Store iced tea in a pitcher or an airtight container (mason jars or Weck jars) in the refrigerator. If properly stored, it should last 3-5 days.

More Iced Tea Drinks

• Blueberry Green Tea
• Peach Green Tea
• Mango Green Tea
• Arnold Palmer
• Iced Peach Green Tea
• Iced Pineapple Mint Green Tea
• Iced Lemon Mint Green Tea

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Yield: 8 Servings

Iced Tea Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Additional Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

This homemade Iced Tea Recipe is a tasty blend of peach tea, green tea and mint tea. If you want to know how to make iced tea with tea bags so it turns out light and refreshing every time, this recipe is for you. This recipe is a family favorite and we love to sip on during warm and muggy summer days.  

Ingredients

• 8 cups water
• 3 Bigelow Perfect Peach Tea Bags
• 2 Stash Green Tea Bags
• 1 Bigelow Mint Medley Tea Bag
• 1/4 cup Pure Clover Honey
• 4 cups ice

Instructions

1. Bring 4 cups of the water almost to a boil in a large pot, then turn off heat. Add the tea bags to the hot water and steep for 3 minutes.
2. After 3 minutes remove tea bags from tea and discard. Do NOT squeeze the tea bags.
3. After the steeped tea has cooled to room temperature, pour into a glass pitcher. Stir in the honey or sugar if you're adding a sweetener and add the other 4 cups of water and stir.
4. Refrigerate tea for at least 1 hour before serving. Serve tea over ice and enjoy. 
5. Garnish with lemon slices and mint leaves if you like.

Notes

Variations

• You can use all black tea bags (such as Lipton) or all green tea bags (like Stash) to make iced tea if you like.
• To make a really pretty presentation out of this tea, add 4 cups chopped fresh fruit like peaches, nectarines, apple, lemon, lime and orange to a pitcher with 4 cups of ice to the pitcher. Pour the tea over the fruit and ice.
• Sweeten with granulated sugar instead of honey.
• Serve with our Peach Ice Cubes
• Stir in the juice of 2 lemons.

Tips For Making The Best Iced Tea With Tea Bags

• Measure the water so your tea doesn't turn out too strong or too diluted.
• Set a timer for 3 minutes while steeping the tea. If you like a stronger tea, then set the timer for 5 minutes. The longer you steep tea, the more bitter tasting it becomes.
• Do NOT squeeze or wring out the tea bags to get all of the liquid out. This will make your tea taste bitter. Just remove the tea bags and discard them.
• Use a good filtered water or spring water rather than tap water for the best tasting tea.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 81Cholesterol: 55mgSodium: 18mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 6gSugar: 21gProtein: 0g

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