This Ginger Peach Iced Tea recipe makes a refreshing glass of iced green tea. It's naturally sweetened with fresh or frozen peaches and honey and flavoured with ginger. This easy recipe describes how to make ginger peach iced green tea from tea bags or loose tea. With all the healthy benefits of green tea, it's perfect for summer sipping!
What could be more welcome on a hot summer day than a refreshing glass of iced tea? A glass of iced peach tea--and one with a sparkle of ginger, too!
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❤️ Why this recipe works
- It's a healthy choice! Warm summer days call for cold refreshing drinks, and this Ginger Peach Iced Tea delivers! Not only is it invigorating, but it's also a healthy drink because it is made with green tea.
- Made with real peaches! This peach tea is icy cold and delicately sweetened with fresh or frozen ripe peaches (and a little natural sweetener like honey). Along with this Pineapple Ginger Kombucha Cocktail (or Mocktail) and this Honeydew Lime Mocktail with Mint, it's a favourite summertime drink.
- All the benefits of green tea! Make the switch from using powdered mixes, store-bought iced tea in bottles, or sugary coffee shop iced tea lemonade and brew your own! Make it even healthier by using green tea as the base. Iced green tea is so good, so healthy, and so refreshing!
- Sweetened naturally with honey. If you've had Starbucks Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade, you'll know how refreshing iced peach tea can be. But with 27 grams of sugar per serving, why not try this homemade version instead? Use your own choice of sweetener and control the amount you add!
While I love to brew a pot of green tea in the morning, some days it's just too warm outside for a cup of hot tea. Flavourful Ginger Peach Iced Green Tea to the rescue!
🛒 Ingredients
You'll will need:
2 peaches: fresh or frozen peach slices. It's not necessary to peel the peaches unless you're using a variety with very fuzzy skins.
green tea: loose-leaf tea or tea bags. I like to use Jasmine green tea as it has a delicate aroma. It's loaded with polyphenols, which are powerful plant-based compounds. These may help you lose weight, control your blood sugar, and may even boost brain function! Want to know more? Read more about the benefits of jasmine green tea.
fresh ginger root: just a little, grated, to add a refreshing flavour, totally optional, of course.
honey: or maple syrup, or 0-calorie sweetener like Monkfruit
🥄 Homemade Ginger Peach Iced Green Tea - Step-by-Step Instructions
- Brew 4 cups of green tea in a teapot or heatproof container using tea leaves (or green tea bags). Start with one teaspoon of tea leaves for every 8 ounces of water (4 teaspoons for this recipe) and add more to taste. Brewing times for green tea range from 1 to 5 minutes depending on how strong you like it. The longer you steep it, the stronger the flavour. Taste as it steeps. If you leave it too long it will develop bitterness. Let the tea cool completely.
- Purée the peach slices in a blender with finely grated ginger root and honey or other sweetener.
- Add the cooled green tea to the blender container and blend for a few seconds.
- Pour into a pitcher and chill in the fridge.
- When you're ready to serve, fill glasses with ice, add the peach ginger tea, and garnish with a slice of fresh peach or a few strawberries or raspberries, if you'd like.
❓FAQ's and Tips
Yes, you can use either fresh or frozen peach slices.
If you have your own peach tree, you'll know that there are always a few peaches that are less than perfect when they've fallen or are slightly overripe or a little bruised. And if you buy your peaches at a farmer's market or supermarket, you may find the same thing.
This recipe for Peach Iced Tea is a great way to use those slightly spoiled fresh peaches. Frozen peaches work equally as well.
Health practitioners believe that green tea has many health benefits. They claim that it can reduce the risk of cancer (especially breast, prostate and colorectal cancer), boost your metabolic rate and therefore aid in weight loss, and even reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease.
Even if these claims are not proven, I'm hedging my bets and having my daily cups of green tea!
Green tea contains caffeine, but much less than coffee. While amounts vary between brands, one cup of green tea contains approximately 35 - 80 mg of caffeine, while a cup of coffee contains about 100-400 mg. It can act as a mild stimulant in some people.
Many people find it gives them a boost of energy and helps with concentration, but others may find that this stimulating effect varies.
Yes. A pitcher of this iced tea will last for several days in the fridge. If the peach juice settles, simply give it a stir before pouring over ice.
🔁 How to vary this recipe
Add a little more honey if you like your tea sweeter, or if the peaches you used weren't overly sweet.
No peaches? Try this recipe with fresh or frozen mango or pineapple. Equally refreshing and naturally sweet!
How to serve ginger peach iced tea
Make a large pitcher and keep it chilled in the fridge. When you're ready to serve, pour it over ice in tall glasses. So refreshing, naturally sweetened and made with real peaches!
If you like refreshing drinks made with peaches, you'll love this Peach Sangria recipe!
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📖 Recipe
Peach Ginger Iced Tea
Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe peaches, peeled* and pitted, or use frozen peaches
- 4 cups steeped green tea (use loose green tea leaves or tea bags)
- 1 - 2 teaspoon fresh ginger root, finely grated
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
Instructions
- Brew 4 cups of green tea, using tea leaves (or green tea bags). Start with one teaspoon for every 8 ounces of water (4 teaspoons for this recipe) and add more to taste. Brewing times for green tea range from 1 to 5 minutes depending on how strong you like it. The longer you steep it, the stronger the flavour. Taste as it steeps. If you leave it too long it will develop bitterness. Let it cool completely.
- Purée the peaches in a blender with finely grated ginger root and honey or other sweetener.
- Add the cooled green tea to the blender container and blend for a few seconds.
- Pour into a pitcher and chill in the fridge. When you're ready to serve, fill glasses with ice, add the peach ginger tea, and garnish with a few strawberries or raspberries, if you'd like.
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This popular recipe was originally published in 2015. I've updated it with new photos and information.
Mel
Amazing! So refreshing and I love that I'm drinking green tea, too!
Elaine
Thanks Mel!
Laura
Yum! Perfect for a hot day. Plus, it's easy! I used frozen peaches and mixed it all in our Blendtec. It foamed, but then settled into the beauty sunshine orange color.
Elaine
So happy to hear you love it as much as I do!
Kristen Kaethler
Truly one of my all time favorite things to drink. I make this often. I will have to try your recipe, always nice to change it up!
Flavour & Savour
It's such a refreshing, nutritious drink for summertime!
Nicole | What She Ate
I saw this somewhere the other day (pinterest?) and was so wanting a glass to appear in my hand asap. Unfortunately that didn't magically happen. Darn. But I will be adding it to my drink rotation for this summer. Pinning AND bookmarking this. Can't wait to try. 🙂
Flavour & Savour
Thanks Nicole!
Wish I could mix you up a pitcher and share it with you!
Bernice Hill
Your photos are making me thirsty!! Hey I always thought Green Tea had more caffeine than coffee...I guess you learn something new every day!
Cheryl
Yum, what a fantastic combination of flavours! My peach tree is loaded with fruit this year, I suspect I will be making this a lot!
Yvonne Langen
Yesssss - this drink is like all of my favourite things combined. Peaches, ginger and green tea. So delightful for summer.
Maria
This really does look like such a refreshing drink -perfect for this time of the year. To be honest, we drink a lot of cold coffees during the summer. I think it's time for a change. I might just surprise a couple of friends the next time we get together and make this drink. Thanks for sharing Elaine ♥
Lisa
Love the idea of adding that ginger bite to the sweet peach flavor. This sounds perfectly refreshing for summer!
Cathy
I imagine the combination of peaches and green tea must be lovely. I must try it when I get my hands on some fresh peaches!
Flavour & Savour
Thanks Cathy! It’s a favourite summer drink that works well with frozen peaches, too!