Turmeric Free Pineapple Ginger Iced Tea

Total time1 hr 20 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time10 min

4.8

(23)

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 black tea bags even hit the pot, which means every sip carries a warm, spicy depth that bottled teas simply can't replicate. Pineapple juice — pressed from a real pineapple — brings a bright, tangy sweetness that plays beautifully against the ginger heat, while a squeeze of lime keeps everything lively and fresh. Maple syrup does the sweetening here, dissolving cleanly into the hot tea and letting you dial the sweetness up or down to your liking. The whole thing comes together without any of the anti-inflammatory spice blends or golden-hued additives that sneak into so many flavored teas and wellness drinks, so you get bold, complex flavor with a completely clean ingredient list. Serve it over a tall glass of ice with a wedge of pineapple on the rim and it looks as good as it tastes.

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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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