A tall glass of ice-cold peach iced tea is just what you need to quench your thirst on a hot day. Honey sweetened peachy iced tea perfection!
How is your summer going? Mine is just peachy! 🙂 (Pun intended.)
A month-long vacation in Mongolia last month, having my mom visit us here for the first time, a fun trip to Theodore Roosevelt National Park a week ago, a quick road-trip to Minneapolis filled with lots of shopping and bakery-hopping with my mom, and busy days working with fresh cherries, apricots and peaches.
Yet I still need to plan my next mini road-trip to MT, WY, and SD for next week, then another short trip to Denver! Yep, pretty busy summer with lots of short trips, but I’m loving it!
Despite my busy summer schedule, I do find some time to spend in my kitchen to create new recipes. I just love playing with food, especially fresh fruits.
I’m super excited to share this A-M-A-Z-I-N-G peach iced tea with you. Couple months ago, friend of mine surprised me with tasty peach iced tea. Ever since then, I’ve wanted to recreate equally tasty refreshing peach drink. Words can’t describe how excited I was when I finally nailed the recipe. After all, I have a couple boxes of peaches at my disposal.
Not too sweet, this iced tea is light and peachy! The secret ingredient in this drink is pure vanilla extract. It gives a hint of warm floral flavor that compliments peaches!
To make this iced tea, we’ll first make a peach tea concentrate. You can prepare it up to 1 day in advance. Basically, steep the tea, boil it with fresh peaches, stir in honey for a little sweetness, and blend away. Then add some water and sliced peaches before serving. Easy-peasy, yeah?
Stay hydrated with this light and refreshing peach tea this weekend. Cheers!
Peach Iced Tea
Ingredients
- 3-4 black tea bags
- 2-3 peaches
- ½ cup honey
- ½ tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, boil 2 cups of water and steep tea bags for at least 5 minutes. Discard the tea bags.
- Peel and pit 2 peaches. Slice the peaches and put them into the tea. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium high heat and boil for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the honey and vanilla extract. Transfer the mixture into the blender and blend until smooth. Peach tea concentrate is ready.
- In a large pitcher, mix peach tea concentrate with 8 cups of cold water and serve. If desired, slice the remaining 1 peach and throw into the tea.
Tips & Notes:
John Rothschild says
Sounds great, although I question boiling the tea a second time. Maybe boil the peaches in their own water, then adding the honey and vanilla. Add that mixture to the tea and add cold water.
Shinee says
Hi, John. Thanks for sharing your thought. I think you can definitely boil the peaches separately, or not boil at all. Just blend it with tea, honey and vanilla. Note, we’re boiling the tea the second time without the tea bags, so it won’t over-steep.
John says
Sounds great, although I question boiling the tea a second time. Maybe the peaches could be boiled in a small amount of their own water and added to the tea after adding the honey and vanilla to the peach liquid.
I will try this next time.
Joy @ Yesterfood says
Shinee, this will be one of my features at Treasure Box Tuesday this evening- it looks delicious, and sounds perfect for a hot afternoon. As always, your photography is gorgeous! Thanks for linking up with us! 🙂
Shinee says
Yay, that’s awesome! Thank you for the great news, Joy!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says
This is absolutely perfect for a hot summer day! I’ll be making it soon! Pinned!
Shinee says
Hope you’ll enjoy it. 🙂 Thanks, Michelle!
Nikki Frank-Hamilton says
This sounds so delicious! I’ve pinned it for future reference, it sounds very refreshing. Thanks.
Shinee says
Refreshing it is! Thank you, Nikki!
Brian says
In Hungary Peaches seem to be every where any time of the year, and I’ve never really enjoyed them, mybe its time to make a change! found you at Showcase Your Talent Thursday
Shinee says
Wow, really! I’d love to live in Hungary then! Thanks, Brian!
Jhuls says
Oh! This looks really awesome for the summer months. #TotallyTerrificTuesday
Shinee says
Thank you, Jhuls!
Lydia @ Thrifty Frugal Mom says
Oh, this looks delicious! I was just thinking a couple of weeks ago that I need to try to come up with a good homemade peach iced tea. Looks like you just helped me out! 🙂
Shinee says
Yay, hope you give it a try! 🙂 Thanks, Lydia!
France says
Wow, this looks delicious! Everyone in my family love peaches and iced tea, so your recipe is perfect for us. Thank you for sharing it!
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Shinee says
Yay, so glad you found it. Thanks, France!
Valerie says
I love any kind of iced tea on a hot July day!
Shinee says
Ditto!!
Amallia @DesireToEat says
Wow, this is my favorite. Great pictures.
Shinee says
Thank you, Amallia! I’m so happy I can make my own peach iced tea now, it’s my new favorite! 🙂
Thalia @ butter and brioche says
these iced teas look great! wish it was hot enough here to justify having one.. shame its winter in Australia!
Shinee says
Oh that’s right! Then you’ll be enjoying refreshing iced tea, when we’re in dead winter with snow and all! Anyhow, I’m glad you liked the tea and thank you for stopping by, Thalia!:)