Iced Tea, with variations

Name: Iced Tea, with variations
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 27 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 tea bags (black, green, herb, or a combo; caff or decaf your choice); ¾ cup sugar or honey; 1/3 cup lemon juice or lime juice; About 2 quarts water, approximately; 4 slices fresh lemon or lime, for optional garnish (or other fruit as desired)

6 steps

Prep:2minCook:25min

The basic iced tea recipe is very tasty. There are lots of options for variations with different types and quality of tea, as well as the addition of different juices, herbs and spices. Serving size is 1 pint.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:09:38 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories151.5 kcal (8%)

Total Fat0.1 g (0%)

Carbs39.6 g (15%)

Sugars38.1 g (42%)

Protein0.1 g (0%)

Sodium0.7 mg (0%)

Fiber0.3 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

6tea bags

black, green, herb, or a combo, caff or decaf your choice

¾ cupsugar

or honey

⅓ cuplemon juice

or lime juice

2 quartswater

4 slicesfresh lemon

or lime, for optional garnish, or other fruit as desired

Instructions

Step 1

Bring 2 ½ cups water to the boil. Add tea bags, remove from heat and steep 15 minutes. Remove tea bags without squeezing. Add 2 1/2 cups cold water. Pour into 2 quart jug, add sugar and juice, and add water to fill. Mix until sugar is dissolved. Adjust sugar and juice to taste as needed.

Step 2

Additions/variations:

Step 3

Lemon Ginger – add sliced ginger to the boil

Step 4

Ginger Honey – keep lemon, sweeten with honey instead of sugar

Step 5

Fruity – substitute all or some of the tea with fruity herb tea bags and / or add fruit juice concentrate instead of lemon or lime.

Step 6

Spice -- add a few whole spices to the boil. Strain out with the tea bags after steeping.