Peach Iced Tea Easy 3 Ingredient Homemade Peach Syrup Recipe

Peach Iced Tea is the recipe that Lucia makes every summer when the most perfectly ripe and the most beautifully golden fresh peaches arrive at the farmers market and she wants to transform them into the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely refreshing homemade summer drink that tastes so dramatically and so genuinely of real summer peaches that every person who takes the first sip immediately puts the glass down and looks up with the most completely delighted and the most genuinely surprised expression because this is not the most pale and the most artificially

Flavored packaged peach iced tea they have tasted before — this is the most vibrant and the most deeply real fruit-flavored homemade peach iced tea made from blending actual ripe peaches into a beautiful peach syrup and combining with the most perfectly brewed black tea that tastes like a long warm afternoon in the most beautifully peach-fragrant Nonna garden. She blends the peaches briefly, simmers into the most gorgeous homemade peach syrup, strains to the most silky smooth result, brews the most properly strong black tea, chills both, and combines in a beautiful pitcher.

Peach Iced Tea is the most easy and deeply refreshing 3-ingredient summer drink made by blending 3 large ripe peaches with 1/3 cup sugar and water simmering 5 minutes resting 30 minutes straining combining with 4 cups brewed black tea from 3 tea bags steeped 5 minutes and serving over ice. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful drink recipes and easy summer favorites from our kitchen every single week.

Why You Will Love This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

This Peach Iced Tea recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely refreshing homemade summer drink that produces the most vibrant and the most authentically real-peach-flavored iced tea from only three core ingredients through the most brilliantly simple blended and simmered peach syrup technique that captures the most naturally sweet and the most deeply fragrant fresh peach character in a way that no bottled peach tea or peach-flavored tea bag can ever replicate.

The blending technique for the peach syrup — blending the peaches with sugar and water for only 2 to 3 seconds just enough to break them down before simmering and straining — produces the most efficiently extracted and the most vibrant fresh peach syrup in the most minimal time. Over-blending produces a most aerated and the most frothy puree that takes longer to simmer and strain. The most brief pulse produces the most beautiful coarse peachy mash that releases the most juice most efficiently during simmering. Our Watermelon Fries make a beautifully equally refreshing and equally naturally fruity summer companion for a complete and wonderful summer refreshment collection.

Ingredients Needed for This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

For the Black Tea:

3 Black Tea Bags
4 cups Boiling Water

For the Peach Syrup:

3 large Ripe Peaches, chopped
2 cups Water divided
⅓ cup Granulated Sugar (or ½ cup for a sweeter tea)

For serving:

Ice
Fresh Peach Slices for garnish

How to Make This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

Brew the black tea first. Bring 4 cups of water to a near-boil. Remove from heat, add the 3 black tea bags, ensuring they are fully submerged, and steep for exactly 5 minutes. Remove bags immediately after 5 minutes — steeping longer produces bitter tea. Allow to cool then refrigerate until fully chilled, cara mia.

For the peach syrup, place the chopped ripe peaches, one cup of water, and the granulated sugar into a blender. Pulse for 2 to 3 seconds — just enough to break the peaches down — then pour the mixture into a large pot. Add the remaining one cup of water.

Heat over medium heat until the most gentle boil. Reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and allow to steep for a further 30 minutes to develop the most deeply concentrated and the most beautifully fragrant peach flavor.

Strain the peach syrup through a fine-mesh sieve into a large pitcher or jar, pressing down on the peach pulp with the back of a spoon to extract the most juice possible. Allow the strained syrup to chill in the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes.

Combine the chilled black tea and the completely chilled peach syrup in a large pitcher. Stir to combine. Pour over ice and garnish with fresh peach slices to serve.

How to Serve This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

Serve over the most generous amount of ice in a tall glass garnished with a beautiful fresh peach slice and an optional sprig of fresh mint for the most completely charming and the most naturally summery individual presentation. The most beautifully golden peachy color of this homemade tea against the clear ice and the most vibrant fresh peach garnish creates the most completely stunning summer drink presentation.

For the most completely extraordinary summer gathering, serve in a large clear pitcher with peach slices and fresh mint floating among the ice for the most beautiful and the most naturally vibrant summer party drink presentation. Our Strawberry Lemonade Quick Bread makes a beautifully equally refreshing and equally naturally fruity companion for a complete and wonderful summer fruit collection.

How to Store This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

Store in a covered pitcher in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. The peach flavor deepens and melds most beautifully after one to two days of refrigerator storage, making this the most perfectly made-ahead summer drink. The peach syrup can be stored separately in a sealed jar in the refrigerator for up to one week and stirred into freshly brewed tea whenever a fresh glass is desired.

Tips to Make This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

Steep the black tea bags for exactly 5 minutes and remove immediately. Steeping for longer than 5 minutes produces the most undesirable bitter tannin character that overwhelms the most delicate and the most naturally sweet peach syrup. The most properly brewed black tea should taste strong and full-flavored but not bitter for the most beautifully balanced finished peach iced tea.

Use the most ripe and the most fragrant peaches available for the most vibrant and the most deeply natural peach syrup. The ripeness of the peaches is the single most important flavor determinant in the entire recipe. The most ripe peaches that yield gently to pressure and smell most intensely peachy at the stem produce the most gorgeous and the most authentically summer-peach-flavored syrup.

Helpful Notes for This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

This peach iced tea tastes genuinely better the day after making — the peach syrup flavor melds most completely and most deeply into the brewed tea during overnight refrigerator storage for the most beautifully developed and the most genuinely full-flavored result. Make the day before a party for the most extraordinary served result.

The leftover pressed peach pulp from straining the syrup is not waste — it can be used as an extraordinary spread on morning toast with cream cheese, stirred through overnight oats, or folded through plain yogurt for the most delicious and the most naturally peachy breakfast accompaniment that uses every most beautiful part of the fresh peach.

Variation of This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

Maria made a version using green tea bags in place of black tea bags for the most completely lighter and the most delicately floral peach green iced tea. Teresa tried adding four large fresh basil leaves to the peach mixture during the simmering period for the most completely extraordinary and the most beautifully herbaceous peach basil iced tea.

For a peach lemonade tea version, combine the peach syrup with equal parts homemade lemonade and black tea for the most completely extraordinary and the most vibrant Arnold Palmer-meets-peach summer drink. Our Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles make a beautifully equally refreshing and equally naturally fruity summer companion for a complete and wonderful summer fruit drink and treat collection.

FAQs About This Peach Iced Tea Recipe

Do I have to peel the peaches before making the syrup?

No. The peach skins blend and simmer along with the peach flesh and contribute the most natural color and the most deeply peachy character to the syrup. The straining step removes all skin pieces from the finished syrup. Leaving the skins on produces the most vibrant and the most deeply flavored syrup more efficiently than peeling.

Can I use canned or frozen peaches?

Yes. Frozen peaches — thawed or used directly from frozen — work beautifully for the peach syrup. Canned peaches in juice or syrup also work well though reduce or eliminate the added sugar depending on the sweetness of the canned variety. The most ripe fresh summer peaches produce the most vibrant and the most deeply authentic fresh peach character.

How do I make the iced tea sweeter?

For a sweeter peach iced tea, increase the granulated sugar from one-third cup to half a cup in the peach syrup. Alternatively, prepare a simple syrup of equal parts sugar and water and stir through the finished poured glasses to taste. Honey or agave nectar stirred through the finished glass also adds the most beautifully natural alternative sweetness.

Conclusion

This Peach Iced Tea is the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply refreshing 3-ingredient homemade summer drink that makes every hot afternoon and every summer gathering feel genuinely and completely special through the most vibrant homemade fresh peach syrup and the most properly brewed black tea and the most beautifully golden peachy flavor in every single ice-cold and completely irresistible peach iced tea glass. We hope it brings the same deeply joyful summer peach refreshment and the same completely cooled gathering to your kitchen that it has always brought to ours. Make it, share it, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa.

Peach Iced Tea The Most Easy 3 Ingredient Homemade Fresh Peach Syrup Black Tea Summer Drink You Will Make

Author: Nonna Maria
Total Time: 50 minutes including resting and chilling
Yield: 7 servings 1x

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Description

The most easy refreshing 3-ingredient Peach Iced Tea made by bringing 4 cups water to near-boil removing from heat adding 3 black tea bags steeping exactly 5 minutes removing bags cooling and refrigerating then blending 3 large ripe chopped peaches with 1 cup water and 1/3 cup sugar 2 to 3 seconds just to break down pouring into pot adding remaining 1 cup water heating to gentle boil reducing simmer 5 minutes removing from heat steeping 30 minutes straining through fine sieve pressing pulp chilling 30 minutes then combining chilled tea and peach syrup in pitcher stirring and serving over ice with peach slice garnish. Tastes even better next day. A completely perfect homemade fresh peach iced tea recipe.

Ingredients

Scale

3 Black Tea Bags

4 cups Boiling Water

3 large Ripe Peaches chopped

2 cups Water divided for syrup

1/3 cup Granulated Sugar use 1/2 cup for sweeter tea

Ice for serving

Fresh Peach Slices for garnish

Instructions

1. Bring 4 cups water to near-boil. Remove from heat. Add 3 tea bags fully submerged. Steep exactly 5 minutes. Remove bags. Cool. Refrigerate until chilled.

2. Blend chopped peaches with 1 cup water and sugar 2 to 3 seconds just to break down.

3. Pour into large pot. Add remaining 1 cup water.

4. Heat medium until gentle boil. Reduce to simmer 5 minutes.

5. Remove from heat. Steep 30 minutes.

6. Strain through fine sieve into pitcher or jar pressing pulp to extract maximum juice.

7. Refrigerate strained syrup 30 minutes until chilled.

8. Combine chilled black tea and chilled peach syrup in large pitcher. Stir to combine.

9. Pour over ice. Garnish with fresh peach slices. Serve immediately.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Category: Drinks, Summer, Refreshing
Method: Stovetop, Blending
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 glass
Calories: 65
Sugar: 14g
Sodium: 5mg
Fat: 0g
Saturated Fat: 0g
Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Trans Fat: 0g
Carbohydrates: 16g
Fiber: 1g
Protein: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg

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