Best Sweet Iced Tea Recipes

SOUTHERN SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large glass measuring cup, place the tea bags and add the baking soda.
• Pour the boiling water over the tea bags.
• Cover and steep for 15 minutes.
• Take out the tea bags and do not squeeze them.
• Pour the tea mixture into a 2-quart pitcher; add the sugar.
• Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add in the cold water.
• Let cool; chill in the refrigerator and serve over ice.

ICED SWEET MINT TEA

Steps:

• In large tea pot (or two small tea pots) pour boiling water over tea bags and mint and allow to steep for 20 minutes.
• Place sugar in 2-quart pitcher (that will tolerate some heat).
• Pour freshly brewed tea (minus mint and tea bags) into sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Place in refrigerator until ready to serve.
• To serve, pour into tall glasses over ice.
• Serve with lemon slices.
• Serves 8.

SWEET RASPBERRY LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put the tea bags in an 8-cup measuring cup or heat safe bowl. Boil the water, pour it over the tea bags, and allow to steep for at least 10 minutes. Allow to cool and remove tea bags.
• In a small saucepan combine the sugar and 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Cook briefly until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add raspberries. Let come to room temperature.
• Combine the tea and raspberry sugar syrup, to taste. Put ice into 4 (12-ounce) glasses. To each squeeze in a wedge of lime, pour sugared tea over, and garnish with a sprig of mint.
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SWEET LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour the water into a gallon sized jar over the tea bags. Allow to steep for 45 minutes. Remove and discard the tea bags. Stir in the sugar and lime juice until the sugar has dissolved. Cool to room temperature; refrigerate until cold before serving.

SWEET CITRUS ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups of water just to a boil. Remove from the heat. Add tea bags; let stand for 10 minutes. Discard tea bags. , Pour tea into a large container. Stir in the sugar, lemon juice, orange juice concentrate and remaining water. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice.

SWEET APPLE ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil over high heat. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the tea bags. Allow the liquid to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Remove the tea bags and discard. Add the Vanilla Simple Syrup and stir. Pour the mixture into a glass pitcher. Add the apple and lemon slices and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Pour the tea into ice-filled glasses and serve.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, water, vanilla bean, and vanilla bean seeds. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat and allow the syrup to cool, about 20 minutes. Strain before using.
• Yield: 1 1/3cups

THAI SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in tea leaves, vanilla extract, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon. Cover and remove from the heat. Let steep for 15 minutes.
• Pour tea through a fine mesh strainer; discard tea leaves. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
• Fill glasses with crushed ice. Pour tea into glasses and top with half-and-half.

LUZIANNE RASPBERRY SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Fill your pot comfortably with enough water, turn to medium heat, add tea bags, and bring to boil.
• Once it has come to a boil, remove from heat and let steep for a couple of minutes.
• Remove bags from water, pour tea in pitcher, add sugar, and stir until dissolved.
• Fill gallon pitcher the remaining way with cold water and stir.
• Enjoy!

SOUTHERN STYLE SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Boil about 8 cups water.
• Add 3 family (large) size tea bags and steep for 3-5 minutes. You can also use 8 small regular sized tea bags.
• Mix concentrated hot tea with 1 3/4 cup sugar and stir well in tea pitcher.
• Add cold water until pitcher is full and stir to combine.
• Serve over ice with a garnish of lemon or raspberry.
• *Tip pour some in an ice cube tray and freeze. Keep the pitcher cold in the refrigerator and serve with tea ice cubes to prevent your tea from getting watery on a hot day. :).

SWEET ICED PEACH TEA

Steps:

• Make the tea in a 3 or 4 quart pitcher (or iced tea pot). Set aside.
• Pour peaches and water into a blender.
• Blend on high speed until well blended.
• Add sugar and blend for a few more seconds.
• Add more water until there is 1 quart.
• Blend for a few seconds-- pulse.
• Pour this mixture into the pitcher of tea and stir until well mixed.
• Chill before serving.
• Serve over ice or warm up for a hot drink.

SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put water and tea bags in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat and cover. Let steep for 10 minutes.
• Strain or carefully press water from tea bags.
• Put hot tea solution into a gallon pitcher and add sweetener, stirring to dissolve.
• Add water to pitcher to fill.
• Cool in refrigerator and serve with ice.

MINT SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• Turn off heat and add tea bags, steeping to desired strength (for me, 3-5 minutes).
• Remove tea bags and add ice until cool.
• Serve in a tall glass over ice!

REFRIGERATOR-BREWED SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Fill a large pitcher with 2 quarts of cold water. Quarter orange, squeeze juice into pitcher as well as add the peels. Pit and cut plums into wedges and add to the pitcher. Cut the strings off the tea bags and mix the bags into the liquid. Let tea steep in the refrigerator 8 hours or overnight, stirring occasionally.
• When ready, remove orange peel and tea bags from pitcher. To the tea, stir in sugar until it dissolves. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice from 1 half into the tea. Slice the other half into rounds and add to the tea. Serve over ice.

COPYCAT SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Combine boiling water, tea bags, and sugar in a bowl. Stir well, cover, and steep for 8 minutes.
• Pour cold water into a pitcher. Add hot tea and stir.
• Fill 4 glasses with ice cubes. Pour tea over top and serve.

SWEET ICED CINNAMON TEA

Steps:

• Put the cinnamon candies in the bottom of the container/well the tea bags go in Put tea bags on top of them.
• Fill the water well of the Iced Tea Pot with water.
• If you don't want to have ice in the pitcher while tea is brewing, you can fill water well a second time.
• Turn the Iced Tea Pot on.
• As tea is brewing, make sure candies are melting.
• You might have to help them along with a fork or spoon.
• If a sweeter tea is desired, put the sugar in the 1/2 cup water and mix well to dissolve sugar.
• Pour into pitcher of tea and stir.
• Pour tea over ice in tall glasses.
• Can also be poured into a cup and heated in a microwave oven for hot tea.

FRESH PEACH SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Steep tea bags in boiling water for 5 minutes; set aside to chill. Meanwhile puree the peaches and push pulp through a strainer.
• Add the strained puree to a 1/2 gallon pitcher, stir in the simple syrup and lemon juice, top with ice and pour tea over the top; stir.
• Cover and chill in refrigerator until needed, stirring in fruit just before serving.

SWEET LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• 1. In a (2-quart) heat-proof glass pitcher, add the tea bags to it. (If the tea bags have strings attached, be sure to remove them first.)
• 2. Pour boiling water over tea bags in the pitcher. Cover the pitcher, and allow tea to steep for 45 minutes. (I covered the pitcher with Saran Wrap.)
• 3. After the has steeped for 45 minutes, remove tea bags from the pitcher, and discard them.
• 4. To the pitcher, add the 3/4 cup of sugar, plus the 2-1/2 tablespoons of sugar; stir thoroughly to dissolve the sugar.
• 5. Add the juice of 2 limes to the pitcher, and stir. (For more lime flavor, add the juice from half of a lime as well.)
• 6. Let the tea cool to room temperature, then place tea in the refrigerator to chill.
• 7. Pour chilled tea into glasses filled with ice. Serve tea immediately.
• 8. *Note: For more lime flavor, add the juice of 2 and a 1/2 limes. Also, I usually double this recipe, and make the tea in a gallon size glass jar. Then I'll use 12 cups of boiling water, 14 tea bags, 1-1/2 cups of sugar, plus a 1/3 cup of sugar, and the juice of 4 limes (possibly 4-1/2 limes). This makes: 13-1/2 cups of tea (or) 105-ounces. One more thing I wanted to mention, if using a gallon size glass jar to make the tea, I'll cover the jar with an 8-1/2 inch glass dinner plate, while the tea is steeping.

SOUTHERN SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a medium size pan fill 1/2 way with water.
• add tea bags.
• cook on medium heat until comes to a good boil. it will be foamy.
• put sugar in gallon jug (pitcher).
• pour boiling tea over sugar.
• stir well to dissolve sugar.
• add water until jug is full (may not use whole gallon of water).
• stir well.
• pour over ice (i like mine anyway i can get it ice or no ice).
• drink and enjoy!
• I USE RED DIAMOND OR LUZIANN TEA BAGS.

OAK ALLEY'S SWEET MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put the water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the mint sprigs and boil for 3 minutes.
• Strain the mixture and pour all but 1 cup into a pitcher. Add the tea bags and steep for 5-10 minutes. Remove tea bags.
• To the remaining cup of mint water add sugar to taste and stir to dissolve.
• Add this mixture to the pitcher with lemon juice.
• Cool before serving over ice and garnish with fresh mint.

SWEET AND CREAMY THAI ICED TEA

Steps:

• Tools needed: glass pitcher and strainer.
• On medium heat, pour Thai tea mix into a saucepan; add 7 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes.
• Turn off heat. Let tea steep until it has cooled down a bit.
• Strain over a glass pitcher.
• To make individual serving: pour 6-8 ounces into a glass. Add 1 tablespoon of Nestle creamer ( I add it while the tea is still slightly warm) and sweeten to taste. Stir to mix.
• Pour in ice cubes.
• Drink and enjoy!