American
Peach Honey Iced Tea
Black tea steeped hot, then cooled and mixed with peach and honey for a pitcher of iced tea. The fruit flavor stays light rather than syrupy.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 5 min
- Total
- 15 min
- Servings
- 6
- Difficulty
- Easy
Why you’ll love it
- Home-steeped tea tastes cleaner than many bottled versions.
- Ripe peach puree blends in without artificial peach flavor.
- Honey sweetens gently and dissolves in the warm tea.
- Makes a full pitcher for the fridge.
Ingredients
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Instructions
- 1
Bring 4 cups water to a boil, remove from heat, and steep tea bags 4 to 5 minutes.
- 2
Discard tea bags and stir honey into the hot tea until dissolved.
- 3
Pit and chop the 2 ripe peaches, then mash or blend into a rough puree.
- 4
Stir peach puree into the sweetened tea along with 2 cups cold water.
- 5
Chill at least 30 minutes, then pour over ice in glasses.
- 6
Add fresh peach slices and serve.
Pro tips
- Do not steep black tea much longer than 5 minutes or it turns bitter.
- Strain the puree if you want a clearer glass.
- Chill fully before adding ice so dilution stays low.
Easy substitutions
- black tea bags
- green tea bags
- fresh peaches
- 1 cup thawed frozen peach slices
- honey
- sugar
Storage and reheating
Storage
Refrigerate up to 2 days in a covered pitcher; stir before pouring.
Reheating
Serve iced only.
Nutrition
Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.
- Calories
- 70
- Protein
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 18 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
Budget friendly · Stovetop, No Cook · Vegetarian
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