Iced Tea · Fresh Peach
Fresh Peach Iced Tea
Ripe peaches simmered into a quick syrup and stirred into black iced tea. Fruity, lightly sweet and the best way to use peaches at their peak.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 2 hr 40 min
- Serves
- 8 · about 2 quarts
- Level
- Easy
Ingredients
Peach syrup
- 3 medium peaches, ripe, pitted and sliced, plus extra slices for serving
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
Tea
- 4 cups water, for brewing
- 6 black tea bags
- 2 cups cold water
- ice, for serving
- 4 sprigs mint, for serving (optional)
Steps
- Put the sliced peaches, sugar and 1 cup of water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
- Simmer, mashing the peaches with a spoon now and then, until they are very soft and the liquid is syrupy.
- Take the syrup off the heat and let it cool.
- While the syrup cools, bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a second saucepan or kettle.
- Turn off the heat, add the tea bags and steep.
- Lift out the tea bags without squeezing them.
- Set a fine-mesh strainer over a pitcher and pour the peach syrup through it, pressing on the fruit with a spatula. Discard the pulp.
- Pour the tea and the 2 cups of cold water into the pitcher and stir.
- Refrigerate until cold.
- Serve over ice with fresh peach slices and a sprig of mint.
Tip: Frozen peach slices work when fresh peaches are out of season.
Tip: Taste before chilling. Add a little more syrup or water to get it how you like it.
Storage: Refrigerate up to 3 days.
Make ahead: The peach syrup keeps in a jar in the fridge up to 1 week.
Estimated nutrition per serving: 70 calories · protein <1 g · carbohydrates 18 g · fiber <1 g · sugars 17 g · fat 0 g (saturated 0 g) · sodium 10 mg. Estimate from USDA FoodData Central; not medical or dietary advice. Based on 6 of 6 ingredients.