This cold brewed honey, citrus and thyme iced tea is easy to make and refreshing to drink.

Honey Citrus Thyme Tea

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

This tea is made is a large Mason jar with a lid.

This container works nicely for cold brewing and storing the tea in the refrigerator.

Serving and Garnish

This tea is best when served chilled over ice.

An option for serving this tea is to put sliced citrus fruit in the serving glasses, in between the ice cubes for garnish.

Another option for garnish is to place a small thyme sprig by the rim of the glass.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea 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)

For the Sprigs of Thyme – A food-safe string or a narrow frosting piping tip to hold the bouquet of thyme in place

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

For the Tea Container

Water and Black Tea:

Tea bags in large jar of water

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.

Brewed Tea in Jar

The tea bags should start to diffuse fairly quickly.

Brewed Tea in Jar

Completely immerse the tea bags in the water.

Tea bags brewing in large pitcher

I like to use 7 tea bags to speed up the diffusion a bit.

Tea bags in large pitcher of water

Citrus:

Sliced lemon orange and lime on board

Slice the orange, lemon and lime.

Honey Citrus Tea in large pitcher

Add slices of citrus inside of the container with the tea.

Honey Citrus Iced Tea in glasses

Thyme:

Thyme bouquet on mason jar lid

With food-safe string, tie the sprigs of thyme together…or,

Thyme bouquet in piping tip

…use a narrow cake decorating piping tip.

And 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.

Add Thyme to Citrus Iced Tea

Drop the thyme into the tea.

Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea in pitcher

Honey:

Add honey to Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea

To the tea, add the honey.

Cold Brew the Tea in the Refrigerator

Cap the container with a lid.

Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea in pitcher

For Serving

Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea in glasses

Serve the tea over ice.

Garnish

Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea in glasses

Garnish with slices of orange, lemon or lime, and sprigs of thyme.

Honey Citrus Thyme Tea

Store the tea in a covered container in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days.

Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea in glasses

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Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea

Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea

This iced tea has a delightful bouquet of flavors.
5 from 1 vote

Ingredients

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 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 tablespoon honey or to taste

Garnish:

  • Slices of orange, lemon and lime
  • Sprigs of thyme

Equipment

  • A 1/2-gallon size (2 quarts) glass mason jar with a lid
  • A food-safe string to tie the thyme sprigs with or a cake decorating piping tip should also work

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 piping tip, and add it to the jar. 
  • Add the honey and stir. Cap the jar with a lid.

Chill:

  • Chill the capped jar 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.

Serve:

  • Stir and serve over ice. 

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.

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