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Rosemary Orange Ice Tea

Rosemary orange ice tea has a light, slightly sweet flavor from the citrus with just a hint of rosemary in the background.

Rosemary orange ice tea has a light, slightly sweet flavor from the citrus with just a hint of rosemary in the background. | lisasdinnertimedish.com

It’s almost Memorial Weekend, which means that summer is just around the corner.   That means cold, refreshing drinks are essential and since it’s summer and we all want to be carefree, they need to be easy as well.

Enter this refreshing rosemary orange ice tea.  We’re keeping it easy by using bottled ice tea from the grocery store and combining it with oranges, lemon and rosemary.

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Rosemary orange ice tea has a light, slightly sweet flavor from the citrus with just a hint of rosemary in the background. | lisasdinnertimedish.com

After giving the tea some time to soak up all that flavor, the result is an ice tea that tastes amazing and is sure to quench your thirst.  I suggest letting the tea sit for at least 4 hours to really let that citrus and herby rosemary flavor infuse into the tea.  

Once the tea is ready, pour it over a big glass of ice and if you want to be really fancy, garnish it with an orange slice and a sprig of rosemary. It’s guaranteed that you will want to spend hours sitting on your deck sipping ice cold glass after ice cold glass.

I personally don’t care for drinks that are overly sweet, so I opted to use unsweetened ice tea.  The oranges give the tea a slightly sweet flavor, which is perfect if you don’t like your drinks too sweet.  But if you like your tea sweet feel free to use sweetened tea.  

 

Rosemary orange ice tea has a light, slightly sweet flavor from the citrus with just a hint of rosemary in the background. | lisasdinnertimedish.com

As far as the rosemary goes, please don’t skip it.  It doesn’t overpower the tea at all, it just gives the tea a little extra somethin’ somethin’ in the background which makes it extra good.

So let’s all welcome the summer season with a big pitcher of ice tea!

 

Yield: 8

Rosemary Orange Ice Tea

Rosemary Orange Ice Tea

Rosemary orange ice tea has a light, slightly sweet flavor from the citrus with just a hint of rosemary in the background.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 (64 oz) bottle unsweetened ice tea
  • 2 oranges
  • 1 lemon
  • 5 sprigs of rosemary

Instructions

Pour the tea into a large pitcher.

Squeeze the juice from one orange into the pitcher.

Slice the remaining orange and the lemon and add to pitcher.

Crush the rosemary with your hands to release the oils and add to pitcher.

Let the tea sit for 4 hours at room temperature.

Pour tea through a strainer to remove rosemary.

Serve over ice and garnish with orange slices and rosemary sprigs, if desired.

Notes

If you prefer your tea sweet, you can use bottled sweet tea instead.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 23Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 2mgCarbohydrates: 6gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 0g

ENJOY!

 

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