Glasses of sweet peach iced tea with ice and fresh peach slices, with scattered peach halves and mint on a white surface.

This refreshing sweet peach iced tea can be enjoyed year round by using frozen or fresh peaches, honey, and sugar to create a sweet peach syrup to pair with delicious iced tea.

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Prep Time10

Cook Time5

Total Time15

Servings (1 quart tea + 2 cups peach syrup)

Tall glass of sweet peach iced tea with peach slices and mint, labeled “Sweet Peach Iced Tea” in bold text.

What Makes This Peach Iced Tea Recipe Special

This easy recipe is more than just iced tea—it’s summer in a glass. We start with juicy peaches simmered into a golden syrup that tastes like something you’d find at a farm stand.

And the sweetness? It’s not one-note. We blend honey and sugar for depth. It’s sweet in the way good things should be—balanced, never overwhelming.

Overhead view of sweet peach iced tea ingredients including water, frozen peaches, pureed peaches, tea bags, sugar, and honey.

Ingredients You’ll Need

5 cups of water
1 family-size tea bag
¾ cup of sugar
¾ cup of honey
4 cups of frozen peaches

Substitutions

PEACHES: Fresh peaches can be used in place of frozen ones.
TEA: You can use any tea you like for this recipe.

FLAVOR VARIATIONS:

Stir in a tablespoon of lemon juice
Add a sprig of mint or a few drops of vanilla extract
Swap black tea for green or white to mellow the base.

How to Make Peach Iced Tea

Simmer peaches with the honey-sugar syrup – Draw out bold peach flavor by gently boiling the puree in a simple syrup.
Strain the syrup until smooth – Use a fine mesh strainer and press well to extract every drop of peachy goodness.
Steep the black tea until strong – Brew tea bags in hot water for 5–7 minutes, then let it cool to room temp.
Sweeten the tea with peach syrup – Pour in the peach syrup gradually and taste as you go—sweetness, your way.

Serving Suggestion

Add a slice of lemon to the rim of each glass as garnish and serve this delicious drink with a straw.

Storage Instructions

Unsweetened brewed tea will keep well in the refrigerator for up to four days. If you’ve already added syrup, aim to drink it within two to three days for the freshest flavor. Store any leftover syrup in an airtight container or glass jar in the refrigerator for up to seven days.

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Sweet Peach Iced Tea

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This refreshing sweet peach iced tea can be enjoyed year round by using frozen or fresh peaches, honey, and sugar to create a sweet peach syrup to pair with delicious iced tea.

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 5

Total Time 15

Servings (1 quart tea + 2 cups peach syrup)

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Ingredients

5 cups water, divided into 4 cups and 1 cup
1 family-size tea bag (or 3 regular-size bags)
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup honey
2 cups frozen peaches, thawed and pureed (or 2 cups fresh peaches peeled and sliced)
2 cups frozen peaches, for serving (do not thaw, if using fresh, slice the peaches, lay them on a parchment-lined pan, and freeze until ready to serve)

Instructions

Bring 4 cups of water to a boil.
Remove water from the heat, add the tea bag, and steep for 5 minutes.
Pour the tea into a 2-quart pitcher. Set aside.

Peach Syrup

In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, honey, and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Add the pureed peaches and return to a low boil. Remove from the heat and let cool.
Pour syrup through a mesh sieve held over a small bowl. Press on the peaches to squeeze out as much of the juice as possible. Discard the peach pulp.

Peach Iced Tea

Add the syrup to the peach tea, taste-testing as you go until it reaches the desired sweetness.
To serve, divide the frozen peaches between 4 glasses, add ice, and pour tea over the peaches and ice.
Store any unused peach syrup in the refrigerator.

Notes

Adding 1 to 2 cups of syrup to the 4 cups, or 1 quart, of tea yields a pleasantly sweet range, depending upon your taste. Should you wish to add the syrup to a single serving of 8 ounces of tea, add 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 cup of the syrup.
The amount of time you steep your tea depends on how strong you like it. Let it steep longer for a stronger tea.
If you have a French press, you could brew your tea in the press and when it comes time to strain tea leaves, or if your tea bags burst, you can push the plunger down to strain the tea leaves.
Don’t be tempted to add the fruit to the pitcher but keep it in the glass bowl. Otherwise, the fruit will start to break down and make the tea cloudy and a bit mushy.

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