FAUCHON: How to make a delicious homemade iced tea?
Summer and sunshine are here, do you want to relax on a lounge chair and forget the world around you? Think about quenching your thirst with a delicious iced tea made by yourself! Yes, it is possible to make your own iced tea at home and you only need very few ingredients! Discover how to prepare exquisite homemade iced tea recipes with Fauchon.
Fauchon's summer iced tea recipes
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Characterful, sweet, punchy, or robust tea, find your happiness with Fauchon's selection of teas.
The main ingredient of iced tea is, of course, tea! Black tea, white, or green, it is necessary to choose the base of the iced tea according to your desires and tastes. Discover the recipe for this refreshing drink and get started!
First, select your Fauchon tea to prepare THE iced tea that will tantalize your taste buds. Opt for LEMON & MINT TEA, an exotic tea with refreshing notes of lime, lemon, and mint for unparalleled taste pleasure.
UN SOIR DE FRANCE TEA BAGS is a fruity black tea with sweet and fresh notes of apricot and citrus releasing their intoxicating aromas.
SCENTED GREEN TEA, a floral tea with a delicate rose fragrance and a light lychee fruit note, combines flower and rose for a rare fusion of complicity. Delicate and fresh, rediscover the sweet subtleties of this captivating blend.
Difficulty: easy Preparation and rest: 5 minutes / 2h
Ingredients
For 1 liter of iced tea:- 1 liter of water
- 2 or 3 tea bags of your choice or about 15g of loose-leaf tea
- Ice cubes
- Brown sugar or honey
- Lemon slices or other fruits
- A few mint leaves
Utensils
- 1 carafe
- 1 spoon
- 1 spatula
Iced tea preparation
- In a kettle or saucepan, boil 1 liter of water.
- Place brown sugar (1 tablespoon) or honey (1 tablespoon) according to your taste at the bottom of the carafe, then the tea bags or loose-leaf tea.
- As soon as the water boils, carefully pour it into the carafe.
- According to the time indicated on the tea package, let your tea bags (usually 3-5 minutes) or loose-leaf tea steep.
- Depending on the chosen tea, bag or loose, filter your infusion either by removing the tea bags or by filtering the infusion through a strainer.
- You will still have to wait to enjoy your iced tea! You must let your carafe of tea cool in the refrigerator for a few hours.
- When the tea has cooled well, place ice cubes at the bottom of the glass and generously pour the tea over them.
- As you wish, add slices of fruit of your choice (lemon, orange...) and a few mint leaves to flavor the tea and make it delicious! You can also add fruit syrup.
For more taste and flavor, prepare tea ice cubes! It's very simple: infuse the tea of your choice, long enough for the tea to be strong, then pour it directly into an ice cube tray. Place it in the refrigerator until ice cubes are formed.
Then just place the tea ice cubes at the bottom of your glass and pour the delicious iced tea prepared beforehand over them.
Thanks to this tip, the taste of your iced tea will be enhanced and even more refreshing!
What are the benefits of iced tea?
Drinking iced tea is good for your health! You can derive many benefits from iced tea. Indeed, it has or provides the following benefits:
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Hydration: Essentially composed of water, iced tea will allow you to refresh yourself and especially hydrate your body to maintain physiological balance. In addition, water helps eliminate toxins.
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Antioxidant: tea is rich in antioxidants whose main benefits are strengthening the immune system and slowing down cellular aging.
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Less sugar: Unlike industrial drinks, homemade iced tea is much less caloric and less sweet.
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Source of manganese: containing manganese, an essential trace element, tea helps maintain bone strength, supports metabolism, and allows for better healing.
- Relax: having a relaxing effect, tea is effective in fighting stress, so enjoy it.
When to drink iced tea?
There is no specific time to drink iced tea: it can be drunk at any time! Enjoy your moment, in the sun, by the water, or on a terrace to relax and refresh yourself.
Thanks to its benefits, you can enjoy your drink without worrying about side effects, while avoiding excessive consumption.
Other teas to refresh yourself
To refresh yourself, it is entirely possible to consume tea in other forms! Frozen, frappé, iced, it's up to you!
Depending on the infusion granted to your tea, it will not have the same taste or the same name.
We speak of frappé tea when the tea is infused and then the still hot liquor is poured into a glass filled with ice cubes.
Iced tea can be infused in different ways:
- Iced: the Japanese method called Koridashi consists of infusing the tea directly with ice cubes.
- Cold: The water used for preparing the tea is not boiled, the tea is placed directly in the water, then left to infuse in the refrigerator for about 8 hours.
- At room temperature: The tea is left to infuse in water at room temperature for 2 hours, then the carafe is placed in the refrigerator before tasting.
Discover the 4 iced tea infusion methods and our fabulous selection of teas for preparing your delicious summer iced teas!
