Artificial Food Coloring Free Coffee Maple Iced Tea

Total time8 hr 10 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time0 min

4.9

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Artificial Food Coloring Free Coffee Maple Iced Tea

This drink is the kind of thing that makes you rethink your entire afternoon routine. Steeped black tea gets sweetened with real maple syrup, then layered with cold-brew coffee concentrate for a café-worthy presentation you can pull off right at home. Every ingredient here is exactly what it says it is — no dyes, no artificial syrups, no mystery colorings hiding in a flavored sweetener packet. That matters more than you'd think, since plenty of bottled iced teas and coffee drinks sneak in caramel color or synthetic additives just to hit a certain shade. Here, the deep amber of the tea and the rich darkness of the cold brew are completely natural, earned through steeping and brewing the real thing. The slow-pour layering technique gives you that dramatic two-tone look without any artificial help, and the maple adds a warm, earthy sweetness that plain sugar just can't match. Make the tea the night before, and assembly the next day takes about two minutes.

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Ingredients

2 servings

For the tea

2 cups water
2 black tea bags (such as english breakfast or assam)
2 tbsp maple syrup

For the coffee layer

½ cup cold-brew coffee concentrate
¼ cup cold water, for diluting coffee (optional)

For serving

2 cups ice cubes

Instructions

1
Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan, then remove from the heat. Add the tea bags and steep for 4–5 minutes, until the tea is deep amber and full-flavored.
2
Remove and discard the tea bags. Stir in the maple syrup until fully dissolved. Let the sweetened tea cool to room temperature, then transfer to a pitcher or jar and refrigerate for at least 8 hours, until thoroughly chilled.

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