Watermelon Iced Tea

6  tsp black tea leaves preferably Ceylon
3 cups boiling water
3 cups ice
1/6 or 1/4 watermelon cut into cubes
2 tbls lemon juice
1 tbls sugar
1 sprig of mint, plus a few extra for garnish if desired

Combine tea leaves and boiling water in a teapot
Let steep for 3-5 minutes
Strain the tea leaves
Set the tea aside in the fridge or freezer
Combine all ingredients but the tea in a blender. Blend until smooth using the "blend" setting. It should take about 30 seconds. As needed, stop blending to push the ingredients toward the blades with a spoon.

Once the mixture is smooth, you can proceed to  add the tea or cover the mixture until shortly before you plan to serve Watermelon Iced Tea. (Combining the watermelon mixture and the tea just before serving prevents the drink from separating
When you're almost ready to serve Watermelon Iced Tea, pour the brewed black tea over a pitcher of ice. Most of the ice will melt, but you've brewed the tea extra strong to accommodate for this dilution.
Just before serving Watermelon Iced Tea, combine all ingredients in a large glass pitcher. Stir well. If the drink begins to separate into layers (as is natural for agua fresca-style drinks), simply stir it again.



From about.com

Iced Cantaloupe Black Tea Recipe

I peeled and seeded, large ripe cantaloupe ( about 2 lbs.)
Superfine sugar for coating the rims of glasses and to tast
2 tbsp Keemun black tea leaves or similiar black tea
2 cups water
Juice of 2 limes
12 ice cubes
Garnishes: Wedges of cantaloupe, wedges of lime, sprigs of mint with stems intact

Cut 4 crescent wedges of cantaloupe as garnish and reserve in the freezer
ip 4 tall glasses in water, then dip rims in sugar to coat. Freeze glasses
Cut the remaining melon into 1 inch chunks
Brew the black tea in the water at 180 degrees for 3 minutes.  After brewing, remove the leaves and reserve the liquid.
Chill the tea until cold
Just before serving, place the melon, chillled tea and lime juice into a blender. Blend, adding ice cubes gradually and pureeing the mixxture until smoothe and frothy.  Taste and add sugar as desired.  Puree again
Remove glasses from freezer
Pour the Keemun-Cantaloupe Cooler into the frozen glasses and top with melon crescent, a wedge of lime and a sprig of mint.

Enjoy!

Green Iced Tea

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Iced Tea

Fill tea kettle with fresh, cold water. Bring to a boil then pour into a 1-gallon heat-resistant pitcher. This should fill the pitcher about 1/3 full. Add six tea bags or 6 tsp. loose tea (regular or de-caffeinated) with the tags cut off. Allow to sit on counter to brew and come to room temperature.

Remove bags or loose tea when cooled. Give a slight squeeze but not too much or your tea will taste bitter. Add 3/4 cup sugar (1 cup if you like your tea a little sweeter). Squeeze in juice from 1/4 of a lemon. And enough cold water to fill pitcher 2/3 full.

Add some mint to tea, strawberry, orange...

Strawberry Sencha Fresca

First, prepare your ingredients. You'll need:

• 1/2 pound washed, hulled strawberries (about one medium-sized container from the grocery store of farmers market)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 sprig mint leaves (about 12 small leaves)
• 2 cups iced Sencha Japanese green tea, brewed with water that's below boiling and "everyday" Sencha tealeaves, like Fukamushi Sencha leaves

Once you've assembled you're ingredients, go ahead and put everything but the Sencha into a blender.
Blend the strawberries, mint leaves and honey on the "blend" setting until the mixture is smooth. It should take about 30 seconds. Stop blending and use a spoon to push the strawberries closer to the blades if necessary.

When you're done blending, you can proceed to step three or keep the mixture covered and chilled until you're ready to serve it. (Stirring the blended strawberries and the Sencha green tea together just before serving keeps the mixture from separating.)

This step is what sets Strawberry Sencha Fresca apart from regular strawberry agua fresca. Iced green tea (preferably iced Sencha) gives this summertime recipe more flavor, complexity and antioxidants than regular strawberry agua fresca. The fresh mint also complements the fresh flavor of the Sencha and the sweetness of the strawberries.

Simply stir the blended strawberry mixture and the iced tea together in a pitcher or large glass jar.
Like agua fresca, Strawberry Sencha Fresca is best when it's fresh. Serve it immediately, and try to stir your pitcher just before refilling glasses.

You can keep leftover Strawberry Sencha Fresca covered and refrigerated overnight to enjoy in the morning.

Makes about four servings.

Peach Iced Tea

Peach juice is so nice in the heat of the summer. Lemon is nice, but you can only drink so much lemon iced tea. Try something different.

Ingredients:

• 3 12-oz cans of peach juice
• 2 quarts tea
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice

Preparation:

Combine everything and chill. Serve over ice

Southern Sweet Iced Tea

From About.com

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Total Time: 13 minutes

Yield: Approximately four servings

Ingredients:

• 4 cups boiling water
• 5 teaspoons (or five teabags of) black tealeaves (preferably Nilgiri or Ceylon)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
• Mint sprigs for garnish (optional)
• Ice cubes (approximately five cups)

Preparation:

1. Pour boiling water over the tealeaves.
2. Steep for five to six minutes, and then remove the tealeaves from the tea.
3. Add the sugar and lemon juice, then stir well.
4. Pour the mixture into a heat-resistant pitcher of ice.
5. Pour into tall glasses.
6. Top each glass with a sprig of mint and serve.

Alternately, you can add ice at immediately before serving. This method works well for picnics, barbecues and parties.

How to make ice tea

Ice Tea

A frefreshing and tasting, healthy glass of iced tea is best with whole, loose leaf tea leaves.With loose tea leaves you will have a full body and flavor that you will not want to miss.  Using tea bags produce a lower quality of tea.
Making homemade iced tea is similiar to hot tea but some differences.
Here is how to make some awesome ice tea.
Use twice the amount of loose tea used in your brew (as compared to hot tea). If you prefer sweet iced tea, add rock sugar while steeping instead of white sugar to finished tea.  The rock sugar will enhance the natural sweetness of your iced tea and dissolve better in hot water.   Also, if you use flavored tea sugar may not be needed.
After the hot tea is brewed,  pour it into a glass filled almost to the top with ice. The sudden cooling keeps the flavor and scent of the tea intact. Finish it off with a slice of lemon or sprig of mint for the perfect glass of cool, refreshing iced tea.
Rooibos tea, black teas and herbal teas are great over ice. Iced green teas can be delicious  provided you choose a flavored or scented green tea that you enjoy. Mixing two or three teas together will get you a unique iced tea brew that is often better than any single tea. So try something new!