This homemade lemon iced tea is refreshing and so easy to make. You only need some tea bags or tea leaves, water, sweetener of choice and of course some lemon to make this easy summer beverage!
Iced tea is one of my favorite beverages to beat the summer heat along with lemonade. Lemon and peach iced tea are my go-to drinks! Nothing refreshes you like a cup of piping hot masala chai during the monsoons and winters. During the summers, I prefer to have iced tea. The best part about iced tea is it is an almost guilt-free drink as tea itself is low on calories, making it a great choice as a summer beverage!
Why buy the bottled iced tea when it is so simple and cost-effective to prepare at home! All you need is some tea bags or tea leaves, then just brew, get creative with flavors and enjoy healthier, homemade iced tea:)
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LEMON ICED TEA INGREDIENTS
To make this super easy iced tea, you will just need
- Tea bags or tea leaves
- Sweetener of choice
- Lemon
- Water, to brew the tea
Today recipe is just a simple lemon flavored iced tea! I ran out of mint leaves, so just added whatever little I had. Add loads of mint leaves to make it even more refreshing, and there you have your lemon mint iced tea 🙂 You can add fresh peach slices and some peach syrup to make a peach iced tea!
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HOW TO MAKE LEMON ICED TEA | LEMON SWEET TEA?
Lemon Iced Tea Recipe | How To Make Lemon Iced Tea
Ingredients
Measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml
- 3-4 tea bags, refer notes if using tea leaves
- 3 cups water
- 3 tbsp sugar/ honey/ agave nectar adjust as per desired sweetness
- Mint leaves, as required
- 2 lemons
- Ice cubes, as required
Instructions
- Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Once it boils, take it off the heat, and place the tea bags in the hot water. Let it steep for 15-20 minutes, depending on how strong you like it. Remove the tea bags (do not squeeze the tea bags), and add sugar or agave nectar. Stir to dissolve and set aside until it reaches room temperature. If you want to use honey as a sweetener instead, add it when the tea is fairly warm, about 42 degrees C. taste and adjust sweetness with more sweetener if required.
- In the serving glass, squeeze juice of a lemon, add in some mint leaves, about 1/2 cup of ice cubes and some lemon slices/wedges
- Pour in the sweetened tea prepared in Step 1. Gently stir to incorporate all the flavors.
- Garnish with a slice of lemon.
Notes
- If you have tea leaves, then simply brew the tea leaves in hot water, as per desired strength, strain and then sweeten as mentioned above.
- For an unsweetened lemon iced tea recipe: Skip adding any sweetener.
- For a slight variation in this recipe, add about 1/4 to 1/2 inch ginger whilst boiling the water to make lemon ginger iced tea.
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Regards,
Freda
Sounds lovely and refreshing!
Thank you Joan!
Drooling & tempting
Thanks dearie 🙂
This is what I need right now!!!! It’s so hot in Bangalore…I buy these from the Nescafe shop in my college mst the days! Amazing recipe!
Thanks Lina 🙂
Simple and perfect! 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Iced tea is always so refreshing!!!! 🙂 Your photos are stunning as always.
Looks so refreshing… perfect summer drink…
Iced tea looks so refreshing and pics as usual stunning!
You make iced tea so inviting & lovely. Freda!
You make a glass of iced tea look amazing Freda! Gorgeous photos and a perfect drink for summer 😀
Beautifully refreshing and colorful Freda. Your pictures are just top-notch! Oddly enough I’ve never taken to iced tea. I’ll never forget when we first moved from Toronto to Texas, we asked for tea, and they brought us iced tea 🙂 From then on, we knew we had to specify “hot tea” as opposed to iced tea. I’m sure the heat is on in LA, so this drink should come in handy.
Looks so refreshing 🙂 Lovely clicks
One of my favourite summer coolers. Will make this today for a small get together. Lovely pictures 🙂
aha… how beautiful those glasses and that Lemon Iced Tea is… yo are a magician Freda, really 🙂
That’s so sweet of you ! Thanks Sumit 🙂
You’re always welcome. ☺☺☺
Best for summers!
So true 🙂
Perfect cooler for summers! Bright and refreshing. Lovely 🙂
Thanks Trisha 🙂
I adore iced tea in all forms, but just no sugar/honey added. Even though I’m from Texas, I have never liked a sweet tea. I like the mint added to it. 🙂
Yep I know some don’t prefer any sweetener at all , I like mine just to be a little sweet 🙂
Looks very soothing!
Thanks Chris 🙂
Gorgeous pics
Thanks a lot Ritu 🙂
Lovely and refreshing, Freda! I love your drinking glasses, too! 🙂
Thanks Anna 🙂
Yum-love the stemware!
So lovely Freda!
Thanks dear Lynn 🙂
So refreshing! xx
Much needed in Mumbai heat… 🙂
🙂
It’s my go to drink in the summer as well, lots of mint and lemon. So refreshing and delicious. Freda your photos are stunning!!
Thanks so much Suzanne 🙂