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A simple, fresh, and homemade White Peach Iced Tea that’s better than anything you’ll find in a bottle, crisp, fruity, and irresistibly refreshing. This white peach iced tea recipe is the perfect balance of sweet peach flavor and smooth brewed tea, making it a summer favorite you’ll want all year round.
It’s the kind of peach iced tea you’ll crave on a hot afternoon: easy to make, beautifully fragrant, and downright addictive.
What Makes This Recipe So Good
There’s something special about this White Peach Iced Tea that makes it stand out from anything you can buy. Fresh white peaches infuse the tea with natural sweetness and a delicate floral flavor that pairs perfectly with the smoothness of the brewed tea. Every sip feels like sunshine in a glass, light yet deeply refreshing.
This white peach iced tea recipe is not just easy, it’s customizable too. You can make it stronger or sweeter depending on your mood, and it’s just as delicious served plain as it is with a sprig of mint or a squeeze of lemon. Once you try homemade peach iced tea, you’ll never go back to store-bought again.
What Goes Into Peach Iced Tea
This White Peach Iced Tea is beautifully simple to make with just a few everyday ingredients that come together to create a smooth, fruity drink that tastes like summer in every sip.
- Ripe White Peaches: Use fresh, juicy white peaches for their delicate sweetness and floral aroma. They’re the star of this recipe and give the syrup its natural peach flavor.
- Granulated Sugar: Regular sugar helps extract the peach juices and create a smooth, balanced syrup. You can also use a 1:1 natural sweetener if you prefer a lighter option.
- Black Tea Bags: A good-quality black tea provides a strong, earthy base that complements the gentle sweetness of the peaches without overpowering them.
- Pure Vanilla Extract: Just a touch adds warmth and depth to the syrup, enhancing the flavor of the peaches and tying everything together beautifully.
Note: Please see recipe card at the bottom for a full list of ingredients wtih measurements.
How To Make Peach Iced Tea
- Make Peach Syrup Base: In a saucepan, combine the peach, sugar, water, and vanilla. Bring to a boil over medium, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, cover the pot, and let the mixture steep for 30 minutes.
- Mash the Peaches: After steeping, use a whisk or wooden spoon to mash the softened peaches until they break down completely. This helps release all the juices and flavor from the fruit into the syrup.
- Strain the Syrup: Place a bowl under a fine mesh strainer and pour in the peach mixture. Press the fruit with the back of a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible, then cover the bowl and chill the syrup in the refrigerator.
- Boil the Water for Tea: While the syrup chills, boil the water in a kettle or large pot. Pour it into a heatproof jug or pitcher, working in batches if necessary, to ensure you have about eight cups ready for brewing.
- Steep the Tea: Add the tea bags to the hot water and let them steep for around five minutes. Remove the tea bags once the color deepens, then refrigerate the tea until it’s completely cooled.
- Combine and Serve: When both the syrup and tea are chilled, mix the syrup into the tea and stir. Pour over ice, garnish with fresh peach slices, and enjoy your refreshing drink.
This White Peach Iced Tea pairs perfectly with light, fresh dishes that highlight its fruity sweetness. Enjoy it alongside Caprese Crostini with Grilled Avocado, where the creamy avocado and juicy tomatoes bring out the tea’s delicate flavor. It’s also a refreshing match for Shrimp Avocado Garlic Bread, the buttery garlic shrimp balancing beautifully with every cool sip. For something a little cozier, try it with a Spinach and Ricotta Grilled Cheese, as the creamy, savory filling makes the tea taste even brighter and more refreshing.
Tips For Making White Peach Iced Tea
- Pick the sweetest peaches you can find. The riper they are, the richer and more flavorful your syrup will taste. If they’re a little underripe, you can add an extra spoon of sugar to balance it out.
- Keep an eye on your tea. Five minutes really is the magic number. Any longer and it starts getting that bitter edge we all try to avoid.
- Taste before you chill. Everyone likes their iced tea a little differently, so if it’s too sweet, add a splash of water or more tea until it’s just right for you.
- Let it get really cold. The flavors pop so much more when it’s properly chilled, and nothing beats that first sip on a hot day.
Recipe FAQ’s
Yes, you can use yellow peaches if that’s what you have. The flavor will be slightly bolder and less floral, but still delicious and refreshing.
Yes, green tea gives a lighter, more delicate flavor that pairs beautifully with the sweetness of the peaches. Just steep it for less time, around three minutes.
You can, but add it after removing the syrup from the heat so the honey keeps its natural flavor. Start with a little and adjust to your taste.
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Homemade White Peach Iced Tea
Ingredients
Peach Simple Syrup:
- 3 peaches ripe white, sliced
- 1 cup granulated sugar or a a granulated natural sweetener that measures 1:1 with sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Tea:
- 8 cups water
- 6 tea bags any good-quality black tea - adjust to your tastes, more tea bags for stronger tea; less tea bags for weaker tea
Instructions
White Peach Simple Syrup:
- Combine the peach slices, granulated sugar (or sweetener), water and vanilla in a medium-sized saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat; occasionally stirring until the sugar dissolves. Take off heat; cover pot with a lid and allow to steep for 30 minutes.
- Using a whisk or wooden spoon, break and mash the slices down until completely mushed.
- Place a bowl underneath a fine mesh strainer, and strain as much syrup out of the fruit as possible, pressing down the pieces until no more liquid is released. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator. Discard the stewed fruit**
Iced Tea:
- While the peaches are boiling; prepare your tea. Boil water in a kettle; pour into a large heat-proof jug / pitcher (if you can't to 8 cups at once, do 5-6 cups first, and boil the remaining cups straight afterwards). Add the tea bags to the jug steep for 5 minutes (no longer than that or the tea will become bitter in taste). Once brewed, remove tea bags and refrigerate to cool.
White Peach Ice Tea:
- Pour the peach simple syrup into the iced tea. Serve with fresh peach slices and ice!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Gosh that is one pretty tea! I’m so thirsty now! I’ve never had white peaches or seen them ever! Guess I have to google it! I hope they have them in the markets near me!
When you say “It doesn’t last long” are you referring to it going off, or because it is so popular?
No no not going off! But because it is so popular everyone drinks it. It doesn’t last more than two days in my house!
You had me at white peaches! This looks like the perfect thing sip as I watch my kids play outside!
Yes! Brilliant plan!