Turmeric Free Strawberry Lime Iced Tea

Total time45 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time5 min

4.8

(25)

Bright, fruity, and refreshingly tart, this strawberry lime iced tea is the kind of drink that makes a hot afternoon feel instantly more manageable. Fresh strawberries are crushed and strained to create a gorgeous deep-pink infusion, which gets layered with bold black tea and a squeeze of real lime juice for a balance that's sweet without being cloying. Maple syrup steps in as the sweetener, keeping everything clean and straightforward with no unexpected additives to worry about. Many bottled and powdered iced tea mixes sneak in spice blends or natural flavoring cocktails that can be hard to verify, so making it from scratch here puts you fully in control of every ingredient. The method is simple — steep, crush, strain, chill — and the result looks stunning poured over ice with a lime wheel on the rim. It's equally at home at a backyard cookout or a quiet afternoon on the porch, and it scales up easily if you're serving a crowd.

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Ingredients

4 servings

For the tea base

3 cups water
4 black tea bags
3 tbsp maple syrup

For the strawberry infusion

1 ½ cups fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
1 cup cold water

For serving

3 cups ice cubes
lime slices, for garnish (optional)
fresh mint sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1
Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags, and steep for 5 minutes. Remove and discard the tea bags, then stir in the maple syrup until dissolved. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
2
While the tea cools, combine the strawberries and 1 cup cold water in the saucepan (or a separate bowl). Use a fork or the back of a spoon to crush the strawberries until they release their juice and the water turns deep pink, about 1 minute.

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