Easy Ice Tea Recipes for National Ice Tea Month

***UPDATED 5/31/24***

It's National Ice Tea Month and I love iced tea. Typically if I'm going through the drive-thru at CFA or McDs, I get a sweet tea half cut, meaning the tea is way too sweet to order it full strength so I order a blend of sweet and unsweetened. Can you relate?

I make iced tea on occasion with a tea maker and add simple syrup I've made. Normally it's just family-size tea bags with no other flavors. Sometimes, making flavored tea is on the agenda, like strawberry or mango flavors are delicious.

Below are some thirst-quenching sweet tea recipes you'll have to try. 

How to Make Southern Sweet Tea

How to Make Sweet Tea

INGREDIENTS

• 3 family-sized black tea bags ( or 12 individual tea bags), such as Lipton or Luzianne
• 1 Cup granulated sugar
• Ice
• Fresh mint leaves or lemon slices (optional)

EQUIPMENT

• Small saucepan
• Long-handled spoon
• 1 Gal pitcher, or multiple smaller pitchers

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Boil the water. Bring 4 cups of the water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove from heat.
2. Steep the tea for 5 minutes. Dunk the tea bags a few times in the water to fully hydrate, then leave them submerged with the strings hanging over the pot's side. After 5 minutes, remove the bags and discard them.
3. Add the sugar to the tea until completely dissolved.
4. Pour the tea base into the pitcher.
5. Top off the pitchers with 3 quarts of water to the tea base to make a gallon of sweet tea and store to combine.
6. Refrigerate until very cold, at least 4 hours, or ideally, overnight.
7. Serve over ice. Add a sprig of mint or a slice of lemon to each, if desired.

PINEAPPLE ICED TEA

INGREDIENTS

• 4 cups water
• 7 tea bags
• 2 T sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• OPTIONAL: pineapple wedges, lemon slices, and fresh mint leaves

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, 3-5 minutes according to taste. Discard tea bags. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Transfer to a pitcher; cool slightly. Stir in fruit juices.
2. Refrigerate, and cover, overnight. Serve over ice. Garnish as desired.

Cherry Limeade Sweet Tea

INGREDIENTS

• 8 cups water
• 6 tea bags
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 can (12 oz) frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
• 1 cup chilled cherry juice blend
• Ice cubes
• Lime wedges and pitted dark sweet cherries

• DIRECTIONS

1. In a Dutch oven, bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, 10 minutes. Discard tea bags. Stire in sugar until dissolved; cool slightly. Transfer to a pitcher; cool completely.
2. Add limeade concentrate and cherry juice to the tea. Serve over ice with lime wedges and cherries.

• Raspberry Iced Tea
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Raspberry Iced Tea

• INGREDIENTS

• 6 cups water
• 1-3/4 cups sugar
• 8 tea bags
• 3/4 cup frozen apple-raspberry juice concentrate
• 8 cups cold water
• Ice cubes
• Fresh raspberries, optional

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large saucepan, bring 6 cups water and sugar to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, 3-5 minutes according to taste. Discard tea bags. Add juice concentrate; stir in cold water. Serve over ice, with raspberries if desired.

• Blueberry Iced Tea

Blueberry Iced Tea

Refreshing summertime brewed tea with homemade blueberry simple syrup.

INGREDIENTS

• 6 black tea bags
• 8 cups filtered water, divided
• 3/4 cup blueberry syrup
• Lemon slices, mint for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Bring five cups of water to a boil. Remove from heat and add tea bags. Steep 10 minutes.
2. Discard tea bags. Pour the tea into a pitcher. Add the blueberry syrup, stirring until totally incorporated. Add the remaining 3 cups of water.
3. Chill for a minimum of one hour. Serve with lemon slices and mint leaves.

Many thanks to thekitchn.com, tasteofhome.com, and peelwitzeal.com for the great recipes.

How do you like your iced tea? Please comment below and don't forget to share these recipes.

Keep it sassy,

Kelly

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