Peach Iced Tea

A tall glass of homemade Peach Iced Tea is the perfect, thirst-quenching refreshment on a hot summer’s day.

The Best Peach Iced Tea recipe!

This simple, homemade Peach Tea starts off with a beautiful, pink-hued Peach Syrup that’s bursting with the flavor of fresh, sweet peaches. The peach simple syrup is then combined with perfectly brewed tea in a pitcher, or add it individually to glasses of iced tea to taste. The perfect summer beverage!

Why you’ll LOVE this homemade Peach Tea recipe

• Ice cold and refreshing
• Amazing sweet, peach flavor
• The taste of summer in a glass
• Super easy to make
• Only 3 ingredients (plus water)
• All natural
• Perfect for picnics and barbeques

Peach Tea ingredients

• Peaches – simmered in a simple syrup to make the most amazing peach flavored syrup with a bright pink hue. Peaches with a deep red skin give the most vibrant color.
• Sugar– to make the simple syrup
• Tea – tea bags or loose tea. I’ve used black tea, but you can use green or white tea.

How to make Peach Iced Tea

1. Make a peach simple syrup
2. Brew tea and let cool
3. Combine the two and serve over ice

How to make peach syrup for tea

To make peach syrup for iced tea, combine sugar, water, and sliced peaches in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then let simmer on low for 15-20 minutes, occasionally pressing on the peaches with a wooden spoon to break them up.

Let the peaches and syrup cool, then strain through a fine mesh strainer. Pressing too firmly on the peaches will cause the syrup to be cloudy. The strained peaches can be reserved to served over oatmeal, ice cream, or on top of a goat cheese crostini (my fave!)

Pour the peach simple syrup into a bottle or jar and refrigerate until chilled or up to a week.

Brew the tea

While the peach syrup is simmering, brew the tea. I’ve used black tea here, but you can use green, oolong, or white tea.

Boil the water and brew the tea for 3 – 5 minutes – you can brew the tea in the same saucepan that you boil the water in, or boil the water in a kettle and brew the tea in a mason jar.

• In a sauce pan: bring the water to a boil, turn off the heat, and add the tea bags to the saucepan and let brew for 3-5 minutes.
• In mason jars: boil the water, add the tea bags to the jars (I use 2 bags per jar), pour in the boiling water, and let the tea brew for 3-5 minutes, depending on how strong you like it.

If you like your tea weaker or stronger, use less or more tea bags. However, don’t let the tea bags brew for more than 5 minutes or the tea will have a bitter taste.

Remove the tea bags, let the tea cool, then refrigerate until cold.

How to make Peach Tea

Pitcher method: Combine the chilled peach syrup and brewed tea in a pitcher, then pour over glasses of ice.

Individual glass method: Pour chilled brewed tea into glasses of ice, then let each person add peach syrup to taste.

FAQs

Peach Iced Tea Variations:

Diet Peach Tea – use a granulated sweetener of your choice in place of the sugar. I recommend allulose, as it dissolves exactly as sugar does. However, if you don’t have any on hand, erythritol or Splenda can also be used.

Olive Garden’s Bellini Peach-Raspberry Iced Tea – To make Peach Raspberry Iced Tea, use a combination of peach syrup and raspberry syrup in the tea. Find peach syrup online or make your own by simmering 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, and 1 lb raspberries for 30 minutes. Strain the syrup through a fine mesh strainer without pressing down on the berries.

How to make peach tea with canned peaches – Prepare a simple syrup with 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water by bringing it to a boil and letting it simmer on low for 3 minutes. Let cool then add a 15oz can of peaches that have been pureed in a blender. Add peach syrup to tea to taste.

Peach Tea Lemonade – Add fresh lemon juice to taste after combining the tea and peach syrup.

Starbucks Iced Peach Green Tea –  For a copycat Starbucks Peach Green Tea, use green tea bags instead of black tea.

Starbucks Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade – use green tea and add fresh lemon juice to taste

Ginger Peach Tea – For a Peach Ginger Tea, add 1-2 thin slices of fresh ginger to the peach syrup when simmering

Mango Peach Tea – For a Peach Mango Tea, substitute the flesh of 1 mango for one of the peaches and simmer to make the syrup.

Peach Mango Green Tea – Substitute the flesh of 1 mango for one of the peaches and simmer to make the syrup. Use green tea instead of black.

Peach Oolong Tea – use Oolong tea bags.

White Peach Tea – use white peaches and add an optional teaspoon of vanilla.

White Peach Tea Lemonade – make the peach syrup with white peaches and add fresh lemon juice to taste after combining the tea and peach syrup.

Unsweetened Peach Tea – Peach Tea can be made without sugar. Just simmer the peaches in 1 cup of water and proceed with the recipe.

Peach Apricot Tea – substitute 3 apricots for one of the peaches when making the syrup.

Peach Mint Tea – add a handful of fresh mint leaves when brewing the tea.

More refreshing summer beverages you will love:

• Easy Cherry Lemonade
• Best Ever Banana Milkshake

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