Home-made Blueberry Lemon Ginger Iced Tea is a refreshing and delicious iced tea! The health benefits are amazing, filled with antioxidants which benefit the body! Green tea, fresh blueberries, ginger and lemon juice and lemon zest make a fantastic tea perfect for any day of the week! Great for Fourth of July, Memorial Day and any BBQ all summer! If you are over 21 and prefer a boozy iced tea, feel free to add some bourbon or liquor of choice!
Course Beverage, Breakfast/Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword blueberry lemonade, fruit lemonade, homemade lemonade
fresh mint, orange slices and blueberries for garnishoptional garnish
Bourbon, for those making a cocktail versionoptional for adult version only
Instructions
In a medium pan, over medium heat, add the water, green tea bags, blueberries, lemon juice, lemon zest, and fresh ginger. Bring to a boil. Use a potato masher and mash the blueberries.
Reduce heat to low. Cover pot and simmer for about ½ hour. Remove from heat. Let the mixture rest about another half hour to allow flavors to mix together.
Strain the blueberry mixture through a strainer into a pitcher. Refrigerate for at least an hour. Serve the iced tea over ice and garnish with orange slices, mint, and blueberries.
Notes
Total time is including the resting time of the iced tea.
If you would like to slow cook this recipe, at step 1, combine all ingredients in the slow cooker. Cook on high for 2 hours, then mash the blueberries. Let cook another 2 hours. Then continue with step 3.
This is also amazing as a hot tea!
Can be stored for about 3 days in the fridge.
I do not add sugar as I find the recipe sweet enough. Feel free to add a sweetener of choice if you prefer a sweeter tea.
If you prefer a boozy Iced Tea for an adult party, add a shot of bourbon to the single serving glass of iced tea and mix well!
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actually dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.