A naturally sweet strawberry iced tea made with real fruit and hibiscus tea. A refreshing iced strawberry tea recipe with a beautiful pink color.
🍓 Strawberry Iced Tea (Fresh Strawberry Recipe)
This strawberry iced tea is fruity, refreshing, and made with real strawberries and hibiscus tea for a naturally pink drink.
The light raspberry-like notes of hibiscus tea and the natural sweetness of strawberries combine to make a caffeine-free iced tea with a pretty pink hue. Adults and kids love the berry flavor and pink color, and it’s easy to make ahead of time and keeps well in the fridge.
Unlike overly sweet or syrup-heavy versions, this iced strawberry tea is made with real fruit and freshly brewed tea for a clean, refreshing flavor that’s perfect for warm weather sipping.
✨ Why You’ll Love This Strawberry Iced Tea Recipe
- 🍓 Made with real strawberries
- 🌺 Hibiscus tea creates a beautiful pink color and floral note
- 🍯 Lightly sweetened and easy to adjust to taste
- 🧊 Perfect for summer
- 🕒 Make-ahead friendly and keeps well in the fridge
- 🌿 Naturally caffeine-free
🍓 What Is Strawberry Iced Tea?
Strawberry iced tea is an iced tea made by combining brewed tea with a strawberry syrup that’s served over ice.
This version uses hibiscus tea and real strawberries for a natural strawberry iced tea recipe that’s fruity, refreshing, and easy to make at home.
🛒 Strawberry Iced Tea Ingredients
- 🍵 Hibiscus Tea - I like to use hibiscus tea which is naturally caffeine-free. Its light floral, slightly tart flavor pairs perfectly with strawberries and creates a pretty pink drink.
- 🍓 Strawberries - For best results use fresh strawberries, but frozen can be substituted in a pinch. They’re used to make a strawberry simple syrup that flavors the iced tea. (Save a few for garnish.)
- 🍯 Sweetener - Honey works well for sweetness, but maple syrup can also be used to make a vegan strawberry iced tea.
- 💧 Water - Use filtered water if possible for the cleanest flavor.
- 🧊 Ice - For serving.
👩🍳 How to Make Strawberry Iced Tea (Step-by-Step)
While this strawberry iced tea is easy to make, it does require chill time, so start a few hours ahead or the night before.
- First, brew your hibiscus tea and chill it completely in the refrigerator.
- Next, make the strawberry simple syrup by simmering the strawberries, sweetener, and water over low heat until the berries soften and the liquid becomes syrupy. Strain and cool completely.
- To serve, either pour the chilled tea over ice and top with strawberry syrup, or mix both together in a pitcher filled with ice.
- Add sliced strawberries for garnish and serve.
🔁 Strawberry Iced Tea Variations
- 🌿 Try raspberry leaf, rose hip, or rooibos tea for a caffeine-free variation
- 🍓 Swap strawberries for raspberries, blackberries, or blueberries
- 🍯 Use honey, maple syrup, or cane sugar depending on preference
- 🧊 Make iced tea popsicles by freezing the finished drink in molds
- 🍋 Add lemon juice for a brighter strawberry iced tea recipe
❓ Strawberry Iced Tea FAQ
What is strawberry iced tea made of?
It’s made with brewed tea, strawberries, sweetener, and water served over ice.
How do you make strawberry iced tea at home?
Brew tea, make a strawberry syrup, then combine and chill before serving over ice.
Can I use fresh or frozen strawberries?
Yes. Fresh or frozen work!
Is strawberry iced tea caffeine-free?
It can be. This version uses hibiscus tea, which is naturally caffeine-free.
What does hibiscus tea add to strawberry iced tea?
It adds a floral, slightly tart flavor and enhances the drink’s natural pink color.
🍓 Wrap Up
Light, fruity, and incredibly refreshing, this easy iced strawberry tea recipe is perfect for summer, simple to prepare ahead of time, and easy to customize.
Keep a pitcher in the fridge for everyday sipping, or make a big batch for a summer gathering!
If you love refreshing iced drinks like this, you’ll find more in my collection of summer drink recipes, featuring iced teas, lemonades, and fruity summer beverages.
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Strawberry Iced Tea
Ingredients
For the tea:
- 6 cups/1.5 liters filtered water
- 6 hibiscus tea bags
- Ice for serving
For the strawberry syrup:
- 12 ounces/340g strawberries, hulled and sliced (divided use)
- 1 cup/240ml filtered water
- ½ cup/120ml honey or maple syrup
Instructions
Make the tea:
- Bring 6 cups of water to a boil, remove from heat and add tea bags. Steep according to package instructions, remove tea bags, let cool and chill in fridge until needed.
Make the strawberry syrup:
- Combine 8 ounces of the strawberries, water, and sweetener in a saucepan set over low heat.
- Bring to a bare simmer and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally until the syrup is red and the strawberries are pale and softened.
- Using a fine mesh strainer set over a bowl, strain the mixture to separate the syrup from the strawberries (for a clear syrup avoid pressing down on the strawberries). Save the cooked strawberries for stirring into yogurt or ice cream.
- Chill the strawberry syrup in the fridge until cool (at least an hour).
- To serve either fill glasses with ice and top with chilled tea, 1-2 Tablespoons of syrup and a few sliced strawberries or combine chilled tea with syrup and strawberries in an ice filled pitcher and serve.
Notes
Variations
Substitute raspberry leaf, rose hip or rooibos tea instead of hibiscus.
Use raspberries, blackberries or blueberries in addition to or instead of strawberries.
Honey, maple syrup or cane sugar can all be used to make the syrup.
Make iced tea popsicles by pouring the iced tea into popsicle molds and freezing.
Storage
Store leftovers in the fridge for 5 days.
Dietary info
Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Vegetarian, Egg-Free, Nut-Free, Paleo, Refined-Sugar Free
For Vegan use maple syrup or cane sugar instead of honey.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 87Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 12mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 1gSugar: 21gProtein: 0g
Nutritional information for recipes contained on this website, such as calories, fat, carbs, etc. are only estimates and are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Sylvie Shirazi is the recipe developer and food photographer behind Gourmande in the Kitchen. For the last 10 years she's been making eating more healthfully easy and accessible with gluten-free, grain-free, paleo and vegan recipes that are free from processed ingredients.
Kitchen Belleicious says
hibiscus and strawberries together? Oh I bet this is the tea of all teas! I love it
Sherrie | With Food + Love says
Sylvie these photos are GORG!! I need this drink in my hand at all times this summer, simple perfection.
XO SHERRIE
Kulsum says
haven't seen a prettier iced tea! Or strawberries for that matter. Love <3
ami@naivecookcooks says
So beautiful and perfect summer drink!
Irina @ wandercrush says
Sylvie, these are BEAUTIFUL cupfuls of summer! Even the condensation looks deliciously quenching. I've been so swamped lately that I haven't had the chance to visit your lovely blog, but it's good to be back 🙂 Hope you've been doing well!
El says
So refreshing. It looks fantastic!
Richa {VeganRicha.com} says
such gorgeous shots. and so refreshing and intricate flavors perfect for a celebration.
Pure Ella says
Wow! Sylvie, your creativity, talents and the gift of pairing up ingredients to make amazing recipes takes my breath away each time I see one of your creations 😉
This is pure eye candy in every sense... and I'm so happy and thankful that you dedicated this post to my Baby Shower 😉
Thanks so much for joining the fun!!! 😉
Sending big hugs! xo Ella
Sylvie says
Big hugs right back at you!
Shaina says
You're killing me with produce here. This look so refreshing. Congratulations to Ella!
Meredith says
Perfectly refreshing and so gorgeous!