Description
A refreshing Peach Iced Tea recipe featuring a homemade peach syrup made from fresh or frozen peaches, sweetened with sugar and honey, perfect for a cool and fruity beverage.
Ingredients
Scale
Tea
- 4 cups water
- 1 family size tea bag
Peach Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup honey
- 2 cups frozen peaches, thawed and pureed (or fresh peaches, peeled and sliced)
For Serving
- 2 cups frozen peaches (Do not thaw. If using fresh peaches, slice, freeze on parchment lined pan)
- Ice cubes as needed
Instructions
- Make the Tea: Bring 4 cups of water to a boil, then remove from heat. Add the family size tea bag and steep for 5 minutes. Pour the brewed tea into a 2 quart pitcher and set aside to cool.
- Prepare the Peach Syrup: In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup of water, sugar, and honey. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is fully dissolved. Add the pureed peaches and return mixture to a low boil. Remove from heat and let cool.
- Strain the Syrup: Pour the peach mixture through a mesh sieve into a small bowl, pressing on the peaches to extract as much juice as possible. Discard the peach pulp.
- Combine Syrup and Tea: Add the peach syrup to the brewed tea in the pitcher gradually, tasting as you go, until desired sweetness is reached. Generally, adding 1 to 2 cups of syrup to 4 cups of tea yields a pleasant sweetness.
- Serve: Divide the frozen peaches between 4 glasses. Add ice cubes, then pour the peach tea over the peaches and ice. Serve immediately.
- Storage: Store any unused peach syrup in the refrigerator for later use, and keep leftover tea refrigerated.
Notes
- Using frozen peaches works well if fresh peaches are unavailable and adds convenience.
- For fresh peaches used in serving, freezing them on a parchment lined pan prevents them from sticking together.
- Adjust the sweetness of the tea by varying the amount of peach syrup added according to personal preference.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator for best freshness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
