Honey Free Pineapple Ginger Iced Tea

Total time1 hr 20 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time10 min

4.8

(23)

Tropical, zingy, and deeply refreshing, this iced tea is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you're somewhere warm even on an ordinary afternoon. Fresh ginger is simmered directly into the water before the tea bags go in, so every sip carries that gentle, spicy warmth without any artificial flavoring. Maple syrup steps in as the sweetener here, doing everything you'd want a liquid sweetener to do — dissolving beautifully into the hot tea and adding a subtle depth that pairs surprisingly well with bright pineapple. Speaking of which, using freshly juiced pineapple rather than a bottled version makes a noticeable difference; the flavor is vibrant and clean, lifted further by a squeeze of lime. The whole process is straightforward — steep, strain, stir, chill — and the result is a pitcher of something that looks and tastes genuinely impressive. It's easy to adjust the sweetness at the end, so you can dial it up or keep it lightly sweet depending on your crowd.

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Ingredients

4 servings

For the tea base

4 cups water
4 black tea bags
1 oz fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced (about a 2-inch piece)
3 tbsp maple syrup, plus more to taste
1 ½ cups fresh pineapple juice (from about ½ medium pineapple, juiced or blended and strained)
1 tbsp fresh lime juice

For serving

2 cups ice cubes
fresh pineapple wedges, for garnish (optional)
fresh mint sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1
Combine the water and sliced ginger in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags, and steep for 5 minutes, until the tea is deep amber and fragrant.
2
Remove and discard the tea bags. Stir in the maple syrup until fully dissolved. Let the ginger continue to steep in the hot tea for another 5 minutes, then strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing the ginger slices to extract their flavor; discard the solids.

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