Made with 5 simple ingredients, my Southern Sweet Peach Tea combines a homemade peach simple syrup with fresh brewed tea and mint. Serve over ice for the best summer drink ever boos.
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How to Make Sweet Peach Tea
These step-by-step photos show how to make iced peach tea, but be sure to check the recipe card below for the full ingredient list and detailed instructions. Skip to the → Southern Sweet Peach Tea Recipe
1. Simmer the peaches, sugar, and water until softened
Blend the mixture until smooth, then strain out the peach syrup.
2. Steep the tea bags in the boiled water
Pour the tea into a pitcher with the lemon juice and peach syrup, then sweeten to taste before serving.
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Full Sweet Peach Tea Recipe
Iced Peach Tea Recipe
Homemade peach simple syrup is mixed with fresh brewed tea and poured over mint-studded ice to make the best refreshing Sweet Peach Tea recipe.
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Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 3 peaches with skin removed, in small dices
- 5 cup water divided
- 2 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 juiced lemon
- 3 family sized tea bags
- Additional peach slices and mint leaves for garnish
Instructions
- In a saucepan combine peaches, 2 cups of water and sugar over medium heat.
- Allow the peaches to simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Using a heavy duty blender or food processor, pulse for 15-30 seconds until mixture becomes smooth.
- Strain the peach mixture through a small strainer, extracting only the syrup.
- Boil the remaining 3 cups of water.
- After water is boiling, steep 3 bags of tea in the boiling water for 15 minutes.
- Pour tea mixture, lemon juice and peach mixture into a pitcher. Taste for sweetness. If you need more sugar, start with ¼ cup of granulated sugar until you reach desired sweetness.
- Serve over ice and add slices of peaches and mint for garnish.
Notes
- Cool It: First things first, let your batch of Peach Sweet Tea chill out. Make sure it reaches room temperature after you’ve brewed and mixed it all up.
- Pitcher Perfect: Pour that cooled sweet tea into a clean, airtight pitcher or glass bottle. Plastic works, but glass is really the bee’s knees for keeping your tea tasting fresh.
- Fridge Friends: Pop that pitcher in the fridge! Cold storage is key for keeping your Peach Sweet Tea fresh and fabulous. Plus, who wants warm sweet tea? Not us, y’all!
- Time Check: Your Peach Sweet Tea will keep well in the fridge for up to 4-5 days. Past that, and you might lose some of that fresh peach punch and sweetness.
- Serve Chilled: When you’re ready to enjoy it again, just give it a good stir or shake, pour it over some ice, and garnish with a peach slice or mint leaf if you’re feeling fancy.
- No Freezing Zone: Avoid freezing your sweet tea, folks! It can mess with the flavors and let’s be real, thawing tea is just not our jam.
Nutrition
Calories: 268kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 126mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 67g | Vitamin A: 183IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg
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Recipe Tips
- Use ripe peaches. The sweeter and juicier the peaches are, the better your peach syrup will taste. If your peaches are firm or bland, the tea will need more sugar.
- Don’t skip straining the peach mixture. Blending the peaches gives the syrup great flavor, but straining keeps the tea smooth instead of pulpy.
- Steep the tea long enough, but not forever. About 15 minutes gives the tea a strong flavor that can stand up to the peach syrup. If you steep it much longer, the tea can turn bitter.
- Taste before adding extra sugar. The sweetness will depend on your peaches, so mix everything first, then add more sugar a little at a time.
- Chill before serving. Peach sweet tea tastes best cold. Let it cool in the fridge before pouring it over ice so the ice doesn’t water it down too much.
- Garnish right before serving. Add fresh peach slices and mint to the glasses or pitcher just before serving so they stay fresh and pretty.
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OMG THIS IS AMAZING!!
First off I love how well written and easy to follow this recipe is. Second, sooooooooo tasty. I ended up only doing half because I only had 2 peaches in the house. I also ended up watering it down a little so it goes a little further. Holy cow is this an amazing recipe though! I could drink this all day….and today I might! Thank you thank you thank you for sharing!!!!
Can you use frozen peaches? our peaches are brick hard and not very sweet.
Thanks
Absolutely!