Easy Homemade Lemon Iced Tea Recipes | Refreshing Summer Drinks

Who doesn’t like a refreshing glass of iced tea on a hot summer day? Iced Lemon Tea is one of the most widely used refreshments. So, this summer beat the heat by enjoying a refreshing glass of lemon iced tea!

Read this post and find out some amazing homemade lemon iced tea recipes. Listed here are few of the most popular ones.

1. Lemon Iced Tea:

The classic lemon iced tea is one of the most popular recipes for making homemade iced tea. You can use any flavor of tea, depending on what you like to taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup juice from a freshly squeezed lemon
• 1 cup sugar (powdered)
• 4 cups of boiling hot water
• 6-8 tea bags (any flavor would do, but you can consider Red Rose Tea)
• 1 gallon jar

Directions:

1. Begin by measuring the sugar and mixing it with the lemon juice, until it dissolves.
2. Now measure some water out and bring it to boil in a pan.
3. Remove the pan from heat and place the tea bags in the boiling water.
4. Let them steep in the water for 5 minutes.
5. Don’t squeeze the tea bag (the leaves get crushed and the tannin released into the water is bitter to taste).
6. Remove the tea bags and discard them.
7. Pour the tea into the sugar/lemon mix and stir well until it is mixed.
8. Now proceed to transfer the mixture into a glass and fill to the brim with cold water.
9. Refrigerate the tea.
10. Once it is chilled, serve along with ice.
11. Garnish with lemon slices or mint leaves! (optional)

2. Mint Lemon Iced Tea:

This is another popular lemon iced tea recipe, which contains mint. The mint makes it an ideal beverage to cool your body down and is not heavy on the body, with just three calories per serving.

Ingredients:

• 2 large lemons
• 1 ¼ cups of sugar
• 2 cups fresh mint leaves and more for garnish (if needed)
• 6-8 black tea bags
• ½ cup fresh lemon juice.

Directions:

1. Peel the lemons
2. Add the peeled lemons and sugar in a medium pan.
3. Add some water to the pan and bring it to boil.
4. Once it begins to boil, lower the heat and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
5. Take the pan off the heat and add the mint, stirring it in.
6. Leave the tea aside and let it cool down.
7. Strain the tea and serve in a tall glass filled with ice and topped with fresh mint leaves.

3. Orange And Mint Iced Lemon Tea:

Another brilliant make-it-at-home recipe for making lemon iced tea, the orange juice adds an extra tangy flavor to your regular iced lemon tea. Toss in some tea and mint leaves along with a bit of sugar, lemon juice, and orange juice and you’ve got this sweetly simple tea.

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon tea leaves
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2-3 mint leaf sprigs
• Ice

Directions:

1. Heat some water in a pan and add the tea leaves and add some of the mint sprigs to it.
2. Add the sugar and bring the mixture to a boil.
3. Once it begins boiling, lower the heat and simmer it for a minute.
4. Now proceed to remove the pan from the heat and let it cool down for 10 minutes.
5. Fill a tall glass with ice up to the brim.
6. Add a few mint leaves to the glass.
7. Pour ½ cup of orange juice and ½ cup of tea in the glass.
8. Now add the lemon juice.
9. Serve immediately.
10. You can garnish it with an orange slice.

4. Lemon Blueberry Pomegranate Iced Tea:

This recipe is a hit with all you berry lovers. With healthy amounts of blueberries and pomegranates, this iced tea recipe is one of the best.

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup fresh blueberries
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 4 cups water (to be boiled)
• 5-6 Tea Bags (Lipton: Blueberry Pomegranate White Tea flavor tea bags)

Directions:

1. Begin by bringing the water to boil.
2. Once it boils, pour the water into the tea bags in a teapot.
3. Cover the pot and let the tea brew for around 3 minutes.
4. Remove the tea bags and squeeze them.
5. Now, proceed to stir the sugar in and cool.
6. Add the blueberries.
7. Pour the blueberries into glasses.
8. Garnish the drink with lemon slices.

Now that you know how to make lemon iced tea, let us know if you’ll give this a try! Use these incredibly easy make-it-at-home recipes and make your own glass of refreshing iced tea today. Tell us about any other recipes or variations you know. Leave a comment below.