Iced Tea Recipe (Flavored Lemon, Cherry, Mint and Watermelon)

Some people prefer cold beverages on hot days instead of hot ones. While coffee is generally consumed as a cold beverage, cold tea is also very delicious and popular.

Cold-flavored tea is one of the tastiest beverages to have on a hot summer day. We’ve provided you with instructions on how to prepare cold tea. We have four different iced tea recipes for you, each one tastier than the other. Here is the best cold tea recipe at home:

Cold Black Tea

Ingredients:

• 2 gray tea bags
• 2 black tea bags
• 3-4 tablespoons of sugar
• Ice

Instructions:

1.  Boil water.
2. Steep your tea with boiling water in a teapot or a French press.
3. Remove the tea from the hot water after 5 minutes. If left for too long, the tea may become bitter.
4. If you wish to add sugar to your tea, do so while the tea is hot for easier dissolving. You can also use honey as an alternative.
5.  Add cold water to the hot tea. Serve with lots of ice, mint, and lemon.

Fruity Cold Tea

Ingredients:

• 2 gray tea bags
• 1 black tea bag
• 2 chopped and peeled peaches
• Sugar to taste
• 1/2 cup of lemon juice
• Ice

Instructions:

1.  Steep black tea until it’s strong. Add sugar while it’s hot.
2. Chill it in the refrigerator.
3.  Add lemon juice to the cold tea and dilute with water.
4. Serve with ice and, optionally, mint leaves.

Cold Raspberry Tea

Ingredients:

• 3-4 black tea bags
•  Sugar to taste
• Ice cubes
• Mint leaves
• 2 cups of raspberry puree
• 2 whole raspberries

Instructions:

1. Steep 2 liters of black tea. Add sugar according to your taste.
2. Puree 900 grams of raspberries, and strain them.
3. Allow the cold tea and raspberry puree to sit together for 30 minutes. During this time, it cools and blends together. Serve with a glass full of ice.

Cold Vanilla Green Tea

Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons of green tea
• Sugar to taste
• Ice cubes
• Peppermint leaves
•  Lemon juice
• 1 cup of vanilla ice cream (optional)

Instructions:

1. Brew green tea in 1 liter of water. Steep it for 5-10 minutes.
2. Strain the tea into a pitcher. Add honey and sugar and mix.
3.  Allow it to cool in the refrigerator. Add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
4. Serve with ice cubes and optionally, a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Cherry Iced Tea

Ingredients:

•  1/2 cup brown sugar
• 4 black tea bags
•  1 cup cherry syrup
• 1 cup cherries
• 2 cups crushed ice

Instructions:

1. Boil water in a deep saucepan.
2. Add black tea bags to boiling water and let them steep for 15 minutes.
3.  Add brown sugar to the hot tea.
4. Add cherry syrup and cherries. Finally, add the crushed ice and serve.

Watermelon Puree Iced Tea

Ingredients:

•  2 tablespoons of black tea
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 500 grams of watermelon
• 1 lemon
• 3 cups of ice cubes

Instructions:

1.  Boil water in a deep saucepan.
2.  Add black tea to a strainer and place it in the boiling water.
3. Turn off the stove and let it steep for 15 minutes.
4.  Add sugar and lemon juice to the hot tea.
5.  Pour the steeped tea into a teapot.
6.  Remove the seeds and mash the watermelon with a fork until it becomes puree.
7.  Strain it and transfer it to a pitcher.
8.  Place it in the refrigerator until it thickens.
9. Serve it with ice cubes.

Thai Iced Tea

Ingredients:

• 5 cups of water
• 6 black tea bags
• 3 pandan leaves
•  2 tablespoons of sugar
•  1/2 cup of milk
• 2-star anise
•  Ice

Instructions:

1. Boil the water and add black tea bags, pandan leaves, and star anise.
2. After steeping for 10 minutes, remove the pandan leaves and star anise.
3. Add sugar and let it cool.
4. Once it’s completely cooled, serve with ice cubes.

Watermelon Puree Iced Tea

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of black tea
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
•  500 grams of watermelon
• 1 lemon
• 3 cups of ice cubes

Instructions:

1.  Boil water in a deep saucepan.
2. Add black tea to a strainer and place it in the boiling water.
3. Turn off the stove and let it steep for 15 minutes.
4.  Add sugar and lemon juice to the hot tea.
5.  Pour the steeped tea into a teapot.
6.  Remove the seeds and mash the watermelon with a fork until it becomes puree.
7.  Strain it and transfer it to a pitcher.
8. Place it in the refrigerator until it thickens.
9.  Serve it with ice cubes.

Important Tips for Making Cold Tea at Home

The most important tip when making cold tea is to ensure that the steeped tea you use doesn’t become bitter over an extended period. While you can use steeped tea that you have on hand, such as leftover breakfast tea, you should be cautious to prevent it from becoming bitter, as mentioned earlier.

Benefits of Drinking Cold Tea for the Body

Cold tea made with ice cubes is an easy, practical, and cost-effective beverage that you’ll want to prepare at home all the time.

This refreshing summer beverage doesn’t cause stomach bloating and is a great way to stay hydrated on hot summer days. Interestingly, you can also prepare it with green tea. In just 15 minutes, you can have a perfect iced tea ready for yourself and your guests.

Storage Time for Cold Tea

After preparing cold tea, if you strain it, removing lemon pieces and ensuring it’s completely strained with a cloth or sieve, you can store it in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. If there are more lemon pieces and residue in the tea, it will spoil more quickly. Just like fruits that are soaked in liquid, because the fruits are directly stored in the liquid, they will spoil faster in this recipe.

The storage time will be shorter when you use it with other fruits. For example, it’s better not to keep fruit iced tea in the refrigerator for more than 2 days.

Conclusion:

As the summer months roll around, hot beverages are replaced with cold ones. One of my favorite summer beverages is iced tea. I usually combine leftover tea from breakfast with lemon or peach, sugar, and water, and I enjoy it during the hottest hours of the day. In any case, the preparation time is only about 2 minutes.

When preparing homemade iced tea, make sure the steeped tea you use doesn’t become bitter over an extended period. You can use tea that you have on hand from breakfast, for example, but be cautious to prevent it from becoming too bitter.

The main benefit of drinking cold tea is that it doesn’t cause bloating and provides refreshment on hot summer days. It’s easy to prepare and very cost-effective. You can also use green tea in this recipe if you prefer. You can prepare a refreshing iced tea for yourself and your guests in just 15 minutes. Enjoy!