Pork Free Pineapple Ginger Iced Tea
This iced tea is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you're sitting somewhere tropical, even if you're just in your kitchen on a Tuesday. Fresh ginger is simmered directly in the water before the tea bags go in, which means every sip carries that warm, slightly spicy depth that you just can't get from a powder or syrup. Pineapple juice pressed from real fruit brings a bright, tangy sweetness, and a squeeze of lime ties everything together with just enough citrus edge. Maple syrup does the sweetening here — naturally, with no animal-derived ingredients or anything to second-guess on the label. The whole thing comes together in a pitcher and chills in the fridge, so it's genuinely easy to make ahead for a crowd or just keep on hand for the week. Poured over ice and finished with a wedge of fresh pineapple, it looks as good as it tastes.
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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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