Strawberry Basil Darjeeling Iced Tea for #IcedTeaDay

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Strawberry Basil Darjeeling Iced Tea

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Bloggers are hanging together today to share their favorite iced tea recipes using gourmet teas. In addition to the giveaway below, you can also find a collection of recipes that bloggers have created using Adagio Teas, inspired by Iced Tea Day. There are some great recipes for cold beverages and even a popsicle recipes, so be sure to check it out!

Strawberry Basil Darjeeling Iced Tea

I am a long-time hot tea drinker and usually have a couple of cups a day. But I have never been one to drink a lot of iced tea. I’ll drink the occasional glass of unsweetened iced tea, but by comparison to my sweet-tea-loving hubby, I drink very little. Iced Tea Day was a fun experiment, and I completely loved the results.

I knew pretty quickly that I wanted to create an iced tea with a black tea. The Darjeeling Sungma Summer Tea, a black tea that is much lighter in flavor than my favored Earl Grey, was the perfect pick. It has subtle floral white grape notes, making it just sightly sweet. As a hot tea, I enjoyed it on its own, or with a touch of orange blossom honey (also available from Adagio – I might have gone a little nuts shopping!). As an iced tea, it’s light floral notes paired with a touch of a strawberry basil simple syrup were right up my alley. The Darjeeling Sungma Summer Tea was killer with a couple teaspoons of the simple syrup – just enough to add a sweet berry flavor. I loved this so much that I was seriously thinking about running back to the grocery store for more strawberries to make another big pitcher of this tea and more simple syrup. I couldn’t get enough of it.

Strawberry Basil Darjeeling Iced Tea

As promised – some more great #IcedTeaDay recipes created for you using Adagio Teas:

And now for my own recipe…

Strawberry Basil Darjeeling Iced Tea

By Books n’ Cooks

Ingredients for the Iced Tea:

  • 8 c. water
  • a heaping 1/4 c. Darjeeling Sungma Summer tea from Adagio Teas

Ingredients for the Strawberry Basil Simple Syrup:

  • 1 c. water
  • 1 c. granulated sugar
  • 1 c. sliced fresh strawberries
  • 12-15 large basil leaves, roughly torn

Optional Garnish:

  • sliced strawberries
  • fresh basil

Make the Iced Tea: Add water to a large pot. Add tea – either loose or within a paper tea filter. Bring to a boil. Turn off and allow to steep at least 10 minutes, or until cool enough to transfer to a pitcher. When cool enough to handle, remove tea filter (or strain over a fine mesh sieve or through cheesecloth, if you used loose tea) and transfer to a pitcher and refrigerate until real to server.

Make the Strawberry Basil Simple Syrup: In a small pot set over medium-low heat, combine all ingredients. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Boil for 5 minutes. Turn off and allow to cool.

Strain out solids with a fine mesh sieve. Discard solids. Transfer syrup to an airtight glass jar and store in the refrigerator.

To Make Tea: Fill a glass halfway with ice. Add iced tea and desired amount of simple syrup, to taste. (I use 2 teaspoons – from my everyday silverware – for a 16 oz. glass.) Stir and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes:

  • I like to make the iced tea and flavored simple syrup and keep the two separate. This allows everyone to mix up their own flavored iced tea, adding more or less per their preference.
  • Simple Syrup will keep for a couple of weeks in an airtight jar in the fridge.

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5 thoughts on “Strawberry Basil Darjeeling Iced Tea for #IcedTeaDay”

  1. I love that you added the basil- it goes perfectly with strawberry and adds that nice minty character so good in tea! Thanks for joining me for #IcedTeaDay!

  2. I’m the same as you. I’m an unsweetened iced tea drinker as well but I like my flavored teas to be lightly sweetened. I love this Darjeeling tea, it’s awesome! I can’t wait to try it with the strawberry and basil.

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