This Strawberry-Mint Iced Tea is refreshing and caffeine-free. The strawberries make it sweet enough on its own, but you can customize the sweetness to your liking.
Strawberry-Mint Iced Tea is refreshing and the perfect summer cooler. If you have mint growing in your garden, then you have a lot of mint! Such a beautiful and fragrant plant. I can still remember it in my grandmother’s garden when I was growing up. And big juicy, ripe strawberries go so perfectly with mint that I can’t believe I never thought of this combination before.
This recipe is sweet enough on its own, but you can customize the sweetness to your preference. And it’s caffeine free!
Strawberry-Mint Iced Tea
Strawberries add just the right amount of sweetness and the mint brings up the freshness in this easy and beautiful beverage of summer.
Servings 6
Calories 27
Ingredients
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced, divided (1 ½ cup and ½ cup)
- 20 fresh mint leaves, more or less to liking plus more for garnish
- 4 Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger tea bags
- Honey,agave or honey to your taste and liking, optional
Instructions
- Bring 6 cups of water to a boil in a medium sauce pan. Add 1 ½ cup of the strawberries and mint. Simmer about 5 minutes until water turns light red.
- Add tea bags and simmer for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and let tea bag steep for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Pour tea through a sieve into a large bowl. Discard strawberries, mint leaves and tea bags.
- Let come to room temperature then refrigerate until serving.
- Sweeten to individual taste, if desired.
- Garnish with remaining strawberries and additional mint leaves.
Nutrition Facts
Strawberry-Mint Iced Tea
Amount Per Serving
Calories 27
% Daily Value*
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 139mg4%
Carbohydrates 6g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 3g3%
Vitamin A 150IU3%
Vitamin C 47.4mg57%
Calcium 21mg2%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Recipe adapted from O, The Oprah Magazine Cookbook.
Iced Tea has always been a staple for me in the spring and summer months. Thank you, thank you for making my favorite drink even better! Who knew strawberry and mint would taste so good together!
Very yummy and the color is so bright and pretty! I do not like my ice tea getting watered down when I put it over ice so I freeze some of the tea in old fashion ice cube trays and pour the tea over “tea cubes. Thanks Sally, this was wonderful and refreshing.
Very good tea with no bitter after taste. So pretty too!