I admit, we are big iced tea drinkers. We make a lot of homemade iced tea, all year long. We enjoy it sweetened or flavored with lemon, peaches or raspberries. Well, any type of fruit flavoring would do! Out of all beverages in the world (besides water), I would could live off of iced tea!
When it comes to drinking it…what’s your preferred way to make it? Do you have a favorite brew flavor that you enjoy?
Lavender-Thyme Iced Tea Recipe
Courtesy of Sparkling ICE
Lavender-Thyme Syrup:
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
8 sprigs fresh thyme
2 teaspoons dried lavender
Iced Tea:
1 bottle (17 oz.) Sparkling Ice® Lemon Tea
2/3 cup Lavender-Thyme syrup
1 1/2 cups water
Juice of half lemon
2 cups ice, or enough to fill a pitcher
Garnish: Lemon slices, fresh thyme sprigs, fresh lavender sprigs
Lavender-Thyme Syrup:
In a small saucepan, combine ingredients and bring to a simmer; continue to simmer for about 10 minutes, or until slightly reduced and thickened. Remove from heat; strain and discard thyme sprigs and lavender. Allow to cool completely. Yields about 2/3 cup.
Iced Tea:
In a large glass pitcher, combine Sparkling Ice® Lemon Tea with infused syrup and mix well. Stir in water, lemon juice and ice. Garnish with lemon slices, thyme and lavender sprigs.
I think this would be a nice tea to try. I have never had lavender tea nor thyme tea. I bet it smells wonderful. I think sweetening it with honey would be great especially if local bees . Its a bit hot still for tea, but on the cooler evenings coming up this would be very relaxing.
Hmm, I don’t know if I would like this or not because I’ve never really tried lavender in anything. I do love iced tea, so I would definitely try this!
I have never tried to infuse lavender or thyme in my tea. I have them both in my pantry so I might try it. I always have fresh lemon in my iced tea which I drink all year. I usually use a sugar free tea mix with a fruit flavor to add to regular black and green teas.
I went to a lavender festival this summer but I don’t remember having lavender ice tea. I’m all for trying this.
I’ve never used dried lavender in a recipe but do love most any kind and flavor of tea. My favorite is just plain green tea, no flavoring. I like it pretty weak too, so I get in plenty of water. I stocked up on green tea today and enjoyed hot tea since we finally had a cooler, overcast day today. The heat is coming back by the end of the week though, so the ice tea will be ready.
I drink iced tea daily like a crazy person all year round. I have never heard of this recipe before but it sounds really amazing. I think I would really like to try this one thanks for sharing it. I need to branch out a little I always make my tea plain with no sugar but I love tons of lemon wedges in it.