Yeast Free Pineapple Ginger Iced Tea

Total time1 hr 20 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time10 min

4.8

(23)

Bright, tropical, and just the right amount of spicy, this iced tea is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you're somewhere warm even on a regular Tuesday. Fresh ginger is simmered directly into the water before the tea bags ever touch it, which means every sip carries that deep, warming heat without any shortcuts. Real pineapple juice — pressed from actual fruit and strained smooth — gives the whole thing a natural sweetness that feels genuinely refreshing rather than cloying. A squeeze of lime ties it all together and keeps the flavors lively. Maple syrup does the sweetening here, so there's no refined sugar or anything fermented in sight, making this a completely worry-free pour for anyone avoiding yeast and its common companions. It's the kind of recipe that looks impressive in a tall glass with a pineapple wedge on the rim but comes together with almost no fuss at all.

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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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