Peach Nectar Sweet Iced Tea
This peach nectar iced tea is one of my favorite summertime drinks. It is sweet, peachy, and is a great pick me up with a little bit of caffeine. For the peaches you can either use home canned peaches or store bought peaches.
Equipment
- Pitcher to mix and serve the drink in
- Blender to puree peaches
- Sifter or Cheesecloth to strain out large pieces of peach pulp
- Mug or Jar to brew 2 cups of tea in
Ingredients
- 2 bags black tea
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 15 oz canned peaches
- 4-5 cups water
Instructions
- Brew 2 cups of strong black tea using the 2 tea bags and 2 cups of water.
- While the tea is brewing add lemon juice and brown sugar to a large drink pitcher.
- Add the can of peaches (including the juice) to a blender, puree well, then press the puree through a sifter or cheesecloth to filter out any large pieces of pulp. Add the juice /fine pulp to the pitcher. If you don't like any pulp in your drinks you can just use the juice from the canned peaches (it won't have as much peach flavor).
- Add in the strong black tea and stir until sugar is well dissolved. The slight heat from they tea will help the sugar to dissolve.
- Fill the rest of the pitcher full of water (2-3 more cups depending on how strongly flavored you want the drink) and chill for at least one hour.
- Stir well and serve cold on a hot summer day or whenever sounds good to you!
Notes
This recipe uses canned peaches but could be made using fresh peaches in the summer by preparing them how you would before canning and then measuring out about 15 oz.