Xanthan Gum Free Pineapple Ginger Iced Tea
This iced tea is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you're somewhere warm and breezy, even if you're just sitting at your kitchen table. Fresh ginger is simmered directly in the water before the tea bags ever hit the pot, which means every sip carries that bright, slightly spicy warmth right from the start. Real pineapple juice — pressed from actual fruit and strained smooth — brings a tropical sweetness that no bottled version can quite match, and a squeeze of lime ties everything together with just enough tartness. Maple syrup does the sweetening here, dissolving cleanly into the hot tea without any fuss or aftertaste. The whole thing comes together with nothing but whole, recognizable ingredients, so there's no need to scan a label or second-guess what's actually in your glass. It's naturally free of thickeners and additives — just tea, fruit, and a little heat doing all the work. 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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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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