Iced Tea 3 Delicious Ways

nothing quenches a summer thirst quite like a tall glass of homemade iced tea today we are celebrating iced tea month with this refreshing drink three delicious ways I'm going to show you my classic iced tea recipe been an unbelievable raspberry peach iced tea and finally a mojito inspired I see that you guys are going to love now let's get started with our classic iced tea recipe so I'm going to get started by adding some hot water to a heat proof glass container it's really important to use heat proof glass for this because you don't want it to shatter when you add the hot water you could also use a teapot for this if that's what you have on hand no problem at all so I'm adding my hot water to my heat proof glass container and to that I'm going to add my tea bag now I'm using 60 bags for 8 cups of water but if you prefer a stronger iced tea feel free to use a few more tea bags it's totally up to you next I'm going to add some lemon zest now this is an optional step but I find it adds a nice lemony flavour to my final iced tea so all I'm going to do is take a vegetable peeler and gently peel off the best of my lemon what you want to do is avoid as much of the PIP as possible because it tends to be a bit bitter once I've added my zest I'm going to let my tea steep for five minutes you don't want to over steep your tea because it can create a really bitter flavor once your tea is finished steeping you want to remove your teabags and your zest then we want to let our tea cool completely in the meantime I'm going to create a simple sweetener for my tea now I know a lot of people prefer their tea unsweetened and if that's the case for you just skip over this step no big deal all I've got is some honey standing by again in a heatproof glass container and to that I'm going to add some boiling water I'm going to stir it until my honey's dissolves completely and then I'm going to set it aside and let it cool once all of my ingredients of cooled it's time to assemble my iced tea so in my pitcher I have a whole lot of ice into that I'm going to add some lemon slices you could also do this with orange slices that would be super delicious next I'm going to add my honey sweetener and finally my cold deep tea I'm going to give it all a good stir and this iced tea is ready to serve how very refreshing next I'm going to show you it might delightfully delicious a raspberry peach iced tea now for this tasty treat you could totally use black tea that would definitely work but today instead I'm going to be using one of my very favorite uncaf native teas rooibos now if you're not familiar with rooibos it is a very mildly flavored South African team that has a busy of health benefits so all I'm going to do is add my robust teabags to some hot water and let this sit for about five minutes once our tea has finished steeping I'm going to remove the teabags and set it aside until it cools completely now I'm choosing not to sweeten this tea but if you wanted to sweeten it you could definitely do that using the method I showed you for the classic iced tea once our tea is cooled completely we can assemble our iced tea so in my pitcher I've got a whole lot of ice into that I'm going to be adding some sliced peaches I'm using white peaches in this recipe but you could use any kind of peaches you like I'm also going to be adding some fresh raspberries then I'm going to finish it off with my beautiful rooibos tea give it a good stir and it is ready to drink finally we are going to wrap things up today with my incredibly refreshing mojito inspired iced tea not to worry though there's no rum in this recipe so for this iced tea I'm going to be using green tea you could definitely do this with black tea if you wanted to but I think green tea is a great complement to the rest of these flavors all I'm going to do is steep my green tea for three to five minutes I'm also adding the zest of one lime to my green tea while it steeps once it's finished steeping I'm going to remove my teabags and my zest and set it aside until it's cooled completely while my green tea is cooling I'm going to get started on my sweetener for this recipe instead of using honey I'm going to use some white sugar into that I'm just going to add some boiling water and stir it and tell the sugar dissolves I'm going to set this aside and let it cool completely finally I've got my pitcher full of ice into that I'm going to add some fresh lime slices and some fresh mint I'm going to add my sweetener and my green tea and give this all a good stir I should warn you this stuff is highly addictive like three glasses a day addictive don't say I didn't warn you I hope you'll give these three tasty recipes a try and if you do be sure to tweet or Instagram me a photo because you know I love seeing what you're coming up with in your very own kitchen and finally if you haven't already be sure to subscribe to the domestic geek because there's lots more deliciousness where this came from

Channel: The Domestic Geek

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Id: X2NB47cn574

Length: 4min 47sec (287 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 04 2015