Wheat 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 somewhere warm and unhurried, even if you're just sitting at your kitchen table. Fresh ginger is simmered right into the water before the tea bags ever touch it, which means every sip carries that bright, slightly spicy warmth from the root itself. Pineapple juice — pressed from real fruit — brings a tropical sweetness that pairs beautifully with the deep, malty notes of black tea, while a squeeze of lime keeps everything lively and balanced. Maple syrup does the sweetening here, and you can dial it up or down depending on how sweet your pineapple runs. The whole thing is naturally free of wheat and grain-based ingredients, so there's nothing to scrutinize on a label or swap out — just clean, whole-food components working together. Served over ice with a wedge of fresh pineapple, it's genuinely stunning as a weekend sipper or a crowd-pleasing pitcher drink for guests.

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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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