We have been slipping slices of stone fruit like nectarines and plums into our iced tea this season and love the hint of flavor and color they add. Here are some recipes that take the idea a bit further with seasonal fruit purees, herbs like basil and thyme, and just all-around prettiness. Next to these concoctions, the old lemon wedge sounds positively boring!
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• 1 Iced Tea With Plums and Thyme – So pretty! (Real Simple)
• 2 Sweet Peach Tea – This would make a lovely non-alcoholic party drink (SELF)
• 3 Apricot Iced Tea – The recipe calls for canned apricot nectar, or juice, but you could also blend your own (Everyday Health)
• 4 Watermelon and Basil Iced Tea – Doesn't that sound refreshing? (Real Simple)
• 5 Strawberry-Basil Iced Tea – An elegant sipper (Martha Stewart Living)
Related: Try This: Add Lychees To Iced Tea!
(Images: Yunhee Kim/Real Simple, Evan Sklar/SELF, Emily Ho, Everyday Health, James Baigrie/SELF, Martha Stewart Living)
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Comments (5)
I had a rosemary infused lemonade at a wedding recently that was simply amazing. So much so that I had to get the recipe from the caterer. I wonder how that would work with ice tea... I think I'll give it a try.
this is perfect! i just got a ton of free peaches from the farmers' market.
Oooo sounds great!
sweeten with a simple syrup infused with ginger, yum! any fruit is great in iced tea (my favorites are blueberries or strawberries, bang them up a bit with a wooden spoon so that they get nice and mixed in). and the ever awesome arnold palmer (half iced tea/half lemonade).
Miriam in Brooklyn has really delicious iced tea, and it's my favorite to make at home now, too -- four or five bags of black tea with two or three bags of chamomile, served with some fresh mint in the glass. So delicious, so refreshing!