Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea
This cold brewed honey, citrus and thyme iced tea is easy to make and refreshing to drink.
The combination of flavors in this iced tea taste wonderful together.
The flavors include black tea, citrus fruits, fresh thyme and honey.
It’s easy to make and perfect for hot summer days.
About the Ingredients
The ingredients include cold water, black tea bags and honey.
Also, the tea is infused with fresh lemon, lime, orange and fresh thyme.
About the Container
The tea is made is a large Mason jar with a lid which works nicely for cold brewing and storing the tea in the refrigerator.
A glass 1/2-gallon (2-quart) size Mason jar should fit in the refrigerator and yields about 4 servings of iced tea.
About Serving
Inside of the serving glasses, in between the ice cubes, add sliced citrus fruit for garnish.
Serve chilled over ice and add a small thyme sprig to each glass for additional garnish.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Tea – Black tea bags, cold water, orange, lemon, lime, thyme and honey
Container – A thoroughly cleaned 1/2 gallon (2-quart mason jar with a lid, and food-safe string or a narrow cake decorating tip to hold the bouquet of thyme in place)
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
For the Water and Black Tea:
Add cold water to the jar and fill it about 3/4’s full (leaving room for the slices of citrus).
To the jar, add the tea bags.
The tea bags should start to diffuse fairly quickly.
Completely immerse the tea bags in the water.
I like to use 7 tea bags to speed up the diffusion a bit.
For the Citrus:
slice the orange, lemon and lime…some slices for the tea and some for garnish.
Add slices of citrus inside of the container with the tea.
For the Thyme:
With food-safe string, tie the sprigs of thyme together…or,
…use a narrow cake decorating tip; put the sprigs of thyme in the widest part of the tip.
Pull the thyme through the narrow part of the tip until the sprigs are tightly secured.
Drop the thyme into the tea.
For the Honey:
To the tea, add the honey.
For Cold Brewing in the Refrigerator:
Cap with the lid and put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
For Serving:
Remove and discard the tea bags, thyme and citrus slices from the jar (use a large, slotted spoon or tongs to remove the thyme and citrus slices).
Serve the tea over ice.
Garnish with slices of orange, lemon or lime, and sprigs of thyme.
Store the tea in a covered container in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days.
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Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea
Ingredients
For the Container
- A 1/2 gallon size (2 quarts) glass mason jar with a lid
For the Tea:
- Cold water
- 7 black tea bags
- 1/2 orange sliced (including rind)
- 1/2 lemon sliced (including rind)
- 1/2 lime sliced (including rind)
- 5 small springs fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon honey or to taste
For the Garnish:
- Slices of orange, lemon and lime
- Sprigs of thyme
Instructions
For the Tea:
- Fill a thoroughly cleaned jar 3/4 full of water. Add slices of orange, lemon and lime to the jar.
- Tie the thyme together with food-safe string, or put the thyme in a narrow cake decorating tip, and add to the jar.
- Add the honey, stir and cap with the lid.
- Put in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Remove and discard the tea bags from the jar. With a long slotted spoon or tongs, remove the slices of citrus and thyme. Stir and serve over ice.
For the Garnish:
- To the serving glasses, add slices of orange, lemon and lime, and small sprigs of thyme.
- Store remaining tea in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days before serving.
This recipe was originally posted on October 30, 2016.
Drinks Made with Tea
Here are more ice-cold recipes made with tea you may like “Lemon, Mint and Orange Iced Tea“, “Watermelon, Mint and Lemon Infused Green Tea” and “Peach, Lemon and Iced Tea Agua Fresca“.
Refreshing Drinks
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I want to stop by for a glass - looks delicious! I'll wear my fuzzy slippers. :)Hi Carole, I’ll wear mine too!