Strawberry Tea
Servings 8 drinks
This Iced Strawberry Tea uses a 3-ingredient homemade strawberry simple syrup to sweeten up freshly steeped tea in just 35 minutes! This fruity sweet tea is perfect for cooling down with on those hot summer days!
Ingredients
- 8 cups water divided
- 8 black tea bags
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 cups strawberries chopped
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
Instructions
- Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
- Once boiling, remove from the heat and add the tea bags. Steep the tea for 5 minutes.
- Remove the tea bags from the water.
- Transfer the tea into a large pitcher with 4 additional cups of water and baking soda.
- Using the same saucepan, add the remaining 2 cups of water, strawberries, and sugar, and bring to a low simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove the strawberries from the heat and allow the syrup to cool to room temperature.
- Strain the strawberries through a fine mesh sieve into a small cup or pitcher, pressing the juice out of the berries. Discard the berry pulp.
- Add the strawberry syrup to the pitcher with the tea and stir to combine.
- Pour and serve over ice.
Notes
- Baking soda is added to reduce any bitter flavor from the tea.
- Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- This is SWEET tea, however, you can reduce the sugar by half and a fruitier flavor and add lemon juice for some zestiness.
Nutrition
Calories: 168kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 9IU | Vitamin C: 42mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg
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