Beverages Canadian

Apple Spice Iced Tea

Tea, apple juice and crisp apple slices make an easy chilled drink that sits somewhere between iced tea and orchard punch.

Apple Spice Iced Tea

What It Is

Tea, apple juice and crisp apple slices make an easy chilled drink that sits somewhere between iced tea and orchard punch.

Origin

This is my canadian-leaning version, built around the ingredients and method that give the recipe its character.

Fun Fact

Apples release aroma into cold drinks more slowly than into hot ones, so a short chill gives the sliced fruit time to actually show up for work.

Prep
10 min
Cook
5 min
Total
15 min
Servings
8 glass
(a generous estimate, much like most cookbook authors)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free
Away Mission
20 min walk
(or beam directly past it, if the transporter's working today)
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Ingredients

  • 8 tea bags, white, green or hibiscus
  • 4 cups apple juice
  • 2 crisp apples, cored and thinly sliced

Steps

  1. Steep the tea bags in 4 cups boiling water for 4 minutes, then remove the bags and cool the tea.
  2. Stir apple juice and sliced apples into the cooled tea.
  3. Serve well chilled over ice.

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Notes

Taste before the final adjustment. A recipe should guide dinner, not bully it. If it needs a little more acid, sweetness, salt or heat, make the change in small steps instead of launching the whole spice rack into orbit.

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 glass
Calories 90
Burning this off: roughly one intense session of Zamboni driving.
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.0 g 0%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 0 mg 0%
Carbohydrate 23.0 g
Fibre 4.0 g 14%
Sugars 17.0 g 17%
Protein 0.0 g
Potassium 180 mg 4%
Calcium 10 mg 1%
Iron 0.2 mg 1%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
A genuinely respectable nutrition profile. No red flags here — go ahead and feel a little smug about it.

Substitutions

Use equivalent ingredients where needed for allergies or availability, but keep the main sweet/sour/salty/spicy balance intact. This is cooking, not a hostage negotiation.

Storage

Keep covered and chilled. Fresh-fruit or dairy drinks are best used within 1–2 days; fizzy drinks are happiest served the same day before the bubbles file for retirement.

Freezing

Freeze still fruit bases or concentrates if useful, but add carbonation after thawing. Dairy-heavy drinks are better made fresh.