How To Make Watermelon Iced Tea At Home Recipes

WATERMELON ICED TEA RECIPE

Steps:

• Boil some water in a pan. Remove from heat. Place tea bags in water and let them sit for about 20-minutes.
• Cut your watermelon in half crosswise. Remove the white flesh part. Cut the juicy red part into small cubes.
• Place Watermelon Cubes in a food processor. Blend it into a smooth liquid.
• Pour the watermelon juice into a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add some granulated sugar. Stir well to combine.
• Pour the tea into the pan and bring it to a slow boil for 1-minute.
• Pour into a pitcher with ice cubes. Serve with mint leaves and enjoy.

WATERMELON-MINT ICED TEA (GREEK INSPIRED)

Steps:

• Puree the watermelon in batches until smooth, then strain into a pitcher. Cover and refrigerate until very cold.
• Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags and honey and let steep 5 minutes. Add the mint leaves, cover and refrigerate until cold. Discard the mint leaves and add the tea to the watermelon juice. Serve over ice in tall glasses with mint sprigs, if desired.

BERRY, MELON AND MINT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 5 cups water and the sugar to a boil in a heavy large saucepan. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the mint. Remove the pan from the heat and add the tea bags. Let the tea steep for 10 minutes. Cool the tea to room temperature. Strain the tea into a large pitcher or bowl.
• Blend the watermelon and strawberries until smooth in a blender. Stir the fruit mixture into the tea. Add the lemon juice, peppermint and salt. Chill the tea until very cold, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day. Before serving, add chilled prosecco if using.
• Put a few ice cubes into each of the 6 glasses or water goblets. Add some watermelon, strawberries and the blackberries to each glass. Pour tea into each glass and garnish with mint sprigs and serve, passing lemon wedges.

PERFECT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Hot-Brewed:
• Bring 8 cups water to a simmer; remove from the heat and add 3 tablespoons loose tea or 6 tea bags. Let steep about 4 minutes, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags. Let cool, then transfer to a pitcher, cover and refrigerate.
• Cold-Brewed:
• Combine 8 cups cold water and 6 tablespoons loose tea or 10 tea bags in a pitcher. Cover and refrigerate 15 to 36 hours, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags.
• Sweet Teas:
• Combine 3/4 cup each sugar and water in a saucepan and add 1 infuser, if desired. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat and let cool. Strain the infused syrup through a fine-mesh sieve (you'll get about 1 cup).
• Orange Add 6 strips zest
• Blackberries 1 cup
• Cinnamon 2 sticks
• Lavender 3 tablespoons dried
• Vanilla 1 halved bean
• Mint 3 sprigs
• Ginger 1 cup sliced
• Lemon 8 strips zest
• Nectarine 1 cup chopped
• Cucumber 2 cups chopped

HOW TO MAKE WATERMELON ICED TEA AT HOME

Steps:

• Wash, peel, and cut a watermelon into cubes. Or into a size that would fit your juicer or blender.
• Juice watermelon; discard the chaff. Alternatively, blend watermelon, and sieve for this recipe!
• Add cold sweet iced tea to a pitcher, and add the fresh watermelon juice to it. Stir and taste; adjust the taste by adding more/less watermelon juice. Make this according to your preference. Stir again to combine.
• Only add ice when you are ready to serve.
• Serve watermelon iced tea over ice (I mean, hello!). First, fill up your jar with ice. Second, top with watermelon sweet iced tea. Third, enjoy!