Light, Cool and Fresh Lychee Iced Tea recipe to drink this summer! This iced tea is made from fresh lychees but you could use canned lychees instead. We love the combination of fruits with iced tea as it’s more nutritive and also better flavor. So don’t wait make your own fruit flavored iced tea.
Sometimes lychee could be tangy and not sweet. So you would have to add sugar accordingly. For the base I have used lemon iced tea. Just added homemade lychee syrup towards the end. But to be honest the flavor coming from the fruit and lime just creates some magic. I am in love with this drink 🙂
It’s so hot here that at times I skip my lunch at times. Then replace lunches with light snack, juice, shakes, butter milk or just eat fruits. Hence I am posting more beverages as it’s important to keep your body hydrated during this season.
You could make this iced tea and store in the fridge. But I bet it won’t last long 😉 I had made this yesterday and it’s over. You could blame me as I had most of it and some parts gave to hubby. Just don’t want to express anything as you have the drink yourself to experience and express it!
Some decorative tips for any drink or beverages. Add loads of ice, some decorative sippers or straws, cherries, sliced fruits, lime wedges, mint leaves etc. Hope these tips help you in making a presentable drink at home or when you have guests.
Let’s make Lychee Iced Tea Recipe:
1. Firstly peel the skin of lychee, chop them into slices. Combine with sugar and grind them to a smooth mixture. Add little water if required.
2. Then sieve or strain the mixture and place aside.
3. Take a vessel add water and sugar. Simmer until sugar dissolves. Once it reaches bubbling point add the black tea. Cook for 1-2 mins. Switch off the gas.
4. Squeeze lime juice and allow to cool.
5. Strain the mixture and keep in the fridge to chill.
6. Now take tall glasses add loads of ice. Pour iced tea almost full in the glass leaving some space for lychee juice. Add 2tbsp of lychee juice. Stir the iced tea and serve your lychee iced tea chilled. Alternatively you could mix lychee juice with the lemon iced tea mixture and serve directly. If the syrup is sweet then add some water to dilute.
Lychee Iced Tea and printable version below:
- 1 liter of water + 350 ml water
- 1 tbsp black tea or 2 sachets of black tea
- 950 gms of sugar ( I used organic sugar)
- 7-8 lime juice or 3-4 lemon juice
- few mint leaves for garnish (optional)
- few lemon / lime wedges for garnish (optional)
- some ice cubes
- 250 gms lychee (peeled and de-seeded)
- 5-6 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp water
- Firstly peel the skin of lychee, chop them into slices. Combine with sugar and grind them to a smooth mixture. Add little water if required.
- Then sieve or strain the mixture and place aside.
- Take a vessel add water and sugar. Simmer until sugar dissolves. Once it reaches bubbling point add the black tea. Cook for 1-2 mins. Switch off the gas.
- Squeeze lime juice and allow to cool. Strain the mixture and keep in the fridge to chill.
- Now take tall glasses add loads of ice. Pour iced tea almost full in the glass leaving some space for lychee juice. Add 2tbsp of lychee juice and stir nicely.
- Stir the iced tea and serve chilled.
2. Serve your iced tea chilled tastes the best when chilled.
3. Store your iced tea in bottles and place in the fridge.
4. You could use any fruit flavor or syrup for flavoring your iced tea.
5. You could mix the lychee juice and lemon iced tea both and refrigerate it.
6. If iced tea is sweet then dilute with some ice or water.
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