Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea

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by Nancy

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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

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.

A glass 1/2-gallon (2-quart) size Mason jar yields about 4 servings of iced tea.

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

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

For the Tea Container

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.

Citrus:

Slice the orange, lemon and lime.

Some of these slices are for the tea and some are for garnish.

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

Reserve some of the slices for garnish.

Thyme:

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

…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.

Drop the thyme into the tea.

Honey:

To the tea, add the honey.

Cold Brew the Tea in the Refrigerator

Cap the container with a lid.

Put the container in the refrigerator to cold brew 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).

Honey Citrus and Thyme Iced Tea in glasses

Serve the tea over ice.

Garnish

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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