Making your own peach iced tea is a good way to keep an eye on the sugar and calories you take in. Many people assume it’s healthier to choose a fruit flavored iced tea over southern sweet tea, but if you don’t know how it’s being made this may not be the case. Many peach iced tea mixes on the market contain more sugar than a glass of southern sweet tea would. If you want to be sure you are getting a healthy drink, here’s how you can make your own easily.
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Use Fresh Peaches
One of the best ways to make peach iced tea is to use fresh peaches. When these are in season this can be a great treat. The recipe may be a little tricky for some. You need to blend the peaches in a food processor with a little bit of water. This will make peach compote of sorts. When you brew the tea, you will add a small amount of this to the hot tea. This will allow it to blend in with the tea, creating a sweet iced tea recipe that is healthy and delicious.
Peach Iced Tea Cubes
This is an easier twist to the recipe, and great for people who don’t want small chunks of fruit floating around in their peach iced tea. This iced tea recipe is also great to drink when peaches aren’t in season. You can use either fresh or frozen peaches for this. Frozen tends to be easier to work with. For this recipe you’ll need to brew a small pot of iced tea just to use as ice cubes. Get a large ice cube tray, and fill each section about halfway with the iced tea. Add a couple small pieces of peach to the cube tray, and allow this to freeze. Once it’s frozen you have the flavoring for the tea. You can brew your iced tea and use the peach cubes to add the flavor. The idea is as the cubes melt the flavor of the tea is transformed. This will give you a hint of the peach flavor without overpowering the tea itself.
Iced Green Tea
Iced green tea is perfect with fruit flavors because of its light flavor. The tea doesn’t overpower the fruit, and the fruit keeps it sweet enough to make it healthy. Green tea is just as healthy, if not healthier, than black tea anyhow. When green tea is iced some people think it’s slightly bitter. Making a peach tea recipe with green tea is a great way to combat this. The peach will be the dominant flavor. You can use the ice cube trick with plain cold green tea, or you add a small bit of blended peach to the tea as it is brewing.
Iced White Tea
For the same reason that green tea is great iced, white tea is as well. White tea is commonly blended with fruit flavors to make a cold drink. You can find these bottled, but the sugar content is typically high with the bottled varieties. You can brew your own peach iced tea using white tea at home. Look for tea bags that are pure white tea. This way you can be sure you are getting exactly what you think with the same flavors as you expect. Add the ice cubes or peach mixture to the brewed tea to create your own white peach iced tea that is healthy at home.
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