Peach Iced Tea

4.82 from 27 votes

Refreshing peach iced tea with Earl Grey and English breakfast tea.

Prep Time30

Total Time30

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Author: Jee Choe

Boil water.
Heat 2 cups filtered water to 190°F if using an electric kettle with a temperature setting. If heating water on the stovetop, bring water to a simmer then turn off heat and let cool a couple of minutes.
Put tea sachets into a pitcher and add hot water. Steep for 5 minutes.
Discard tea sachets and let tea cool.
Set aside. Cool tea in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Blend diced peaches and 1 ½ cups of water in a mini blender.
Dice the peaches so it blends quickly and evenly.
Heat peach puree and sugar on the stovetop.
Bring it to a boil then lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off heat.
Strain peach syrup. Let cool.
Filter out solids using a mesh strainer.

Combine peach syrup and tea.
Both peach syrup and tea should be cooled down when combined.
Pour peach iced tea into cups with ice.
Add thinly sliced peach wedges as optional garnish.

Garnish peach iced tea with thinly sliced peach wedges. Line cups with a couple of peach wedges, fill cup with ice, then pour in peach iced tea.
To replace tea sachets with loose tea, use 1 tablespoon of loose English breakfast and 1 ½ teaspoons of Earl Grey.
Any black tea will work great for this peach iced tea. You can use just Earl Grey or English breakfast tea.
Don't want to make peach syrup from scratch? Use store-bought peach juice! Add 2 cups of peach juice to the pitcher with tea.
Make sure your pitcher can handle high heat if you're steeping tea directly in it.
Instead of pureeing the peaches, you can dice them into small pieces and mash them in the saucepan. Cook on the stovetop 10 minutes longer if you do this. I puree the peaches to shorten the cooking time on the stove.
The drink already is sweetened but if you want to add more, use simple syrup to make sure it fully mixes in with the iced tea.
Peach iced tea can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Add ice to the cups instead of in the pitcher with the iced tea so that the iced tea doesn't get watered down.