Sweet Peach Iced Tea

Sweet Peach Iced Tea. I totally love it! And I pretty much keep my beverage drinking to water (and lots of it), coffee and red wine. So my love says something.

This iced tea is just a nice surprise and so simple to make. And it highlights one of my fave summer flavas: PEACH!

It is a lovely drink for a summer party. You can make it the day before. The longer the flavors marinate, the better. This is a great way to use up peaches. They can be mushy or even under ripe. It works either way!

You slice them super thin like this:

You don't even need to peel them! You cook the peaches down into a sugary syrup and add it to your tea.

I call this Sweet Peach Iced Tea, but it's not tooooo sweet. It's just right.

Sweet Peach Iced Tea
Makes 8 cups

For the simple syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
3-4 peaches, sliced thinly

For the tea:
8 cups water
6 tea bags, tied together

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, water and peaches.

Bring to a boil. Stir. Cook over medium high heat so that the sugar dissolves and peaches soften, about five minutes.

Using a potato masher, lightly crush peaches.

Cover and set aside for at least 30 minutes.

Using a strainer, strain syrup into a bowl with a spout. Press the fruit into the strainer with a wooden spoon to get as much juice out of the peaches as possible.

For the tea:

In a large pot bring 8 cups of water to a boil. Add tea bags. (I like 6). Seep for 10-30 minutes, depending on how strong you like your tea.

Pour simple syrup mixture into tea. Stir. Allow tea to cool. Serve over ice.