3 Refreshing Summer Tea Recipes

When the sun is blazing and temperatures are soaring, I love turning to tall glasses filled with refreshing summer tea recipes to cool and restore me in body and spirit.
Whether they're fruity and sweet or creamy and spicy, as long as they're cold, I'm a happy camper. I like making up bottles of iced flavored teas and keeping them in the fridge to grab throughout the day or when I have a long drive ahead of me.

Strawberry Immunity Iced Tea

This week I made Strawberry Immunity iced tea and it was so cooling and refreshing. This tea is full of good things like elderberry, hibiscus, apple, and black currant, and it's even tastier sweetened with honey. Sometimes I'll add a few elderflowers to the brew as well. To me, they are the essence of summer.
Simply brew the Strawberry Immunity tea, sweeten just the way you like it, then pour it into a sterilized glass bottle and chill it in the fridge until you're ready to drink it.
You could also try our Rejuvenating Ginger Iced Tea recipe, Tropical Iced Tea recipe ideas, or indulge in a very grown-up Bourbon Iced Tea Cocktail.

Huckleberry Happiness Iced Tea Slushy

One of my favorite cold drinks to make when I'm sweltering is an iced tea slushy. Few things cool you down quicker than a tall glass full of crushed ice, and it's even better when that ice is flavored with our Huckleberry Happiness tea.
Chock full of elderberries, Aronia berries, black currents, blueberries, hibiscus, cornflowers, and huckleberry essence, this tea is beautiful to look at and heaven to taste. Lovely on its own, you can also enhance it with fresh herbs from your garden. Spearmint, lemon balm, peppermint, or lime balm are all wonderful choices that pair beautifully with the array of berries.
If you love crushed ice drinks in summer, too, you might also fancy our Classic Earl Grey Tea Granita with a Twist or a Coconut Macaron Dessert tea slushy.

Custard Apple Iced Tea Latte

Another trusty standby on my summer tea recipes list is an iced tea latte. I'm a huge fan of the cold creaminess of the latte that is more substantial than simple iced tea, but every bit as cooling and rejuvenating.
For a tea latte, I like to make the tea extra strong so its delicate flavors don't get lost in the milk. This time I made one using our custard apple herbal tea. It's such a pleasant tea with a green rooibos base mingled with apple pieces, rose petals, and cherimoya essence. Such ingredients are augmented by a drizzle of real maple syrup or a couple of teaspoons of maple dust.
Once the tea is made, I let it cool to room temperature before adding the milk and ice cubes. This keeps it from getting watered down too much when the ice cubes are added. I used milk in my version, but it would also be nice with some creamy almond milk.
For another great version, try our Iced Chai Tea Latte.