The hot days of summer are here and so is National Iced Tea Month. Whether you opt for sweet tea, plain or flavored, the options are endless but one things for sure it is always refreshing! In honor of National Iced Tea Month, we’ve got two delicious recipes to share with you today courtesy of KRUPS.
Arnold Palmer 2.0 Iced Tea Recipe
5 g. loose-leaf black tea
1 oz. lemon juice
1 oz. simple syrup
3 dashes lavender bitters
Steep tea for 4 minutes in 3 oz. of water just off the boil, stirring periodically. While tea is steeping, combine lemon juice, simple syrup, and bitters in a pint glass, and top with plenty of ice. When tea has finished steeping, strain resulting concentrate into the pint glass, over the ice and other ingredients. Much of the ice will melt, chilling and diluting the tea to the appropriate strength. Stir gently to combine, and top with more ice. Garnish with a thick slice of lemon peel, and serve with a straw.
A Note From The Barista: I love an Arnold Palmer– a classic combo of iced tea and lemonade– but I often find that just mixing lemonade and iced tea results in a drink that doesn’t taste enough like either one for my liking. This recipe essentially replaces all of the water in lemonade with iced tea, giving us the best qualities of both at full intensity, and then adds lavender bitters for a touch of florality. – Sam Lewontin, Champion Barista and KRUPS Ambassador.
Sun Shower No. 2 Iced Tea Recipe
4 oz. Jasmine Green Tea
4 oz. Filter Coffee (A balanced Latin-American coffee, such as Counter Culture’s La Voz, Guatemala, works well here)
1/2 oz. Honey Syrup
3 tsp. Lemon Juice
Add all ingredients to your favorite mug. Stir gently to combine. Express the oil of a slice of lemon peel over the top of the drink, discarding the peel. For iced, chill in a refrigerator for three hours and add ice before enjoying.
We drink a lot of sweet tea in the summer. I like it much better than soda and it is not as fattening. The honey syrup sounds so good! I must try it next time I make Sun Shower No. 2 Iced Tea.
I love to try different teas ,but I don’t think I would want to mix tea with coffee. The lavenderbitters does add a different not to the iced tea.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE iced tea, especially a good home-brewed flavored iced tea. I’m on a mango iced tea, peach iced tea and a raspberry iced tea kick this month.
I love trying different iced tea flavors especially during the summer months when I can make sun tea in my backyard. I have never heard of lavender bitters so that is something interesting. I bet it is very refreshing.
How do you make your sun tea? I know peeps all make it a different way and I haven’t made sun tea for years! I need to make some.
I think the Sun Shower #2 sounds really different. I’d like to try that recipe.
I have heard of the Arnold Palmer 2.0 Iced Tea Recipe, but I have never tried it. I want to make this for Summer. It sounds delicious. I love drinking ice cold tea in the Summer Months!
Thanks for the recipes. Tea is such a refreshing drink, perfect for summer. That sun shower tea sounded interested. Never heard of it.
5 g Is 5gram right Nvr hard lavendar bitters
I actually don’t mind coffee in tea. I accidentally added them both together one day and almost poured it out but decided to taste it and it wasn’t bad! I love the sampler packs of tea to discover the new flavors of tea bags.
No coffee in my tea please, don’t like it. I do like the Arnold Palmer, but I’ve never had lavender bitters before.
I had no idea that it is national iced tea month woohoo! I love iced tea and drink it every single day. I am so going to try this recipe thanks for sharing this one and hope you have a nice weekend.
(Recipes for National Iced Tea Month) I am going to share these great tea recipes with my youngest brother, he drinks a ton of tea during the hot summer months.
That sun shower sounds marvelous. I never thought of combining tea and coffee before, but why not!