Quench your thirst with homemade Passion Fruit Iced Tea—a refreshing tropical drink that combines fresh passion fruit, sugar, lemon juice, and black tea. Enjoy this iced tea on hot summer days while relaxing in your backyard or spending quality time with friends and family on weekends.
Why bother buying iced tea at the store when nothing beats the taste of homemade? Making it is easy and only takes a few minutes of hands-on time. The result is a freshly brewed tea with a crisp and robust flavour.
If you enjoy fruit teas, this recipe is perfect for you. I’ve been making this drink on repeat; it’s simply delicious! Follow along so you can create the best passion fruit tea imaginable.
For more drink recipes, explore my Strawberry Basil Lemonade – an exciting twist that takes traditional lemonade to the next level.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Real Fruit Flavour. Adding fresh passion fruit infuses this iced tea with a delicious tropical taste that is so good.
- Easy To Make. This recipe comes together quickly, making it an ideal drink for those hectic summer days.
- Incredibly Refreshing. This iced tea is anything but ordinary. Imagine fresh passion fruit paired with robust black tea and a hint of lemon juice, creating a refreshing drink.
Ingredient Notes
You might be pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to make passion fruit tea at home! This recipe requires only four ingredients, water and lots of ice cubes.
- Black Tea Bag – I like using Earl Grey black tea bags in this recipe.
- Sugar – I used granulated white sugar; feel free to customize sugar to your taste.
- Passion Fruit – Select ripe passion fruits with deep purple skin and slight wrinkling for best results. If they are not ripe, you can let them ripen at room temperature for several days.
- Lemon – Use freshly squeezed lemon juice to infuse a zesty tanginess, which helps elevate the freshness of this drink.
Step By Step Instructions
1. Start by pouring boiling water over the tea bag, steeping it for 5 minutes, and then remove the tea bag.
2. Add sugar, stir to dissolve, and then mix in the passion fruit pulp, lemon juice, and 5-6 ice cubes. (The ice cubes will help cool down the hot tea faster.)
3. Fill the glass to the top with ice cubes and pour in the passion fruit tea mixture. Stir and garnish with lemon slices, extra passion fruit pulp, and a sprig of mint leaves. Serve immediately.
Recipe Tips & Notes
- To avoid bitterness, set a timer for the steeping process and remove the tea bags promptly when the time is up.
- Explore a range of sweeteners such as agave syrup, coconut sugar, vegan “honey,” or maple syrup to discover your perfect match. Also, feel free to adjust the sweetness to suit your taste preferences.
- Not a fan of the crunchy passion fruit seeds, strain the iced tea using a fine mesh strainer and remove the seeds.
- To make the passion fruit iced tea ahead of time, leave out the ice cubes, and refrigerate it. When ready to serve, pour it over a tall glass filled with ice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely! You’ll require approximately one teaspoon of loose-leaf tea for each tea bag. Add the tea leaves to the hot water, strain them out using a fine-mesh sieve, and proceed according to the instructions.
Yes, you can. Feel free to use green tea or white tea instead of black tea. Just adjust the brewing time according to the package.
Passion fruit iced tea has a refreshing, tropical flavour that blends sweetness and tanginess perfectly. It’s a fantastic choice for hot summer days.
More Summer Recipes
- Strawberry Basil Lemonade
- Vegan Blueberry Dessert (No Bake)
- Pineapple Coconut Squares
- Vegan Charcuterie Board
- Japanese Tofu “Egg” Salad Sandwich
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Passion Fruit Iced Tea
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 earl grey black tea bag
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 passion fruit
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 5-6 ice cubes + extra to fill glass
Instructions
- In a glass measuring cup, pour boiling water over the tea bag, steeping it for 5 minutes, and then remove the tea bag.
- Add sugar, stir to dissolve, and then halve the passion fruit, scooping out its pulp, and add this to the tea mixture, along with lemon juice and 5-6 ice cubes. (The ice cubes will help cool down the hot tea faster.)
- Fill a glass to the top with ice cubes, and pour in the passion fruit tea mixture. Stir and garnish with lemon slices, extra passion fruit pulp, and fresh mint leaves. Serve immediately.
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Notes
- To avoid bitterness, set a timer for the steeping process and remove the tea bags promptly when the time is up.
- Explore a range of sweeteners such as agave syrup, coconut sugar, vegan “honey,” or maple syrup to discover your perfect match. Also, feel free to adjust the sweetness to suit your taste preferences.
- If you are not a fan of the crunchy passion fruit seeds, strain the iced tea using a fine mesh strainer to remove the seeds.
- To make the passion fruit iced tea ahead of time, leave out the ice cubes and refrigerate it. When ready to serve, pour it over a tall glass filled with ice.
Can’t wait to try this one! Sounds so refreshing!
Passion fruit + tea sounds like a perfect combo to me. Thanks for the detailed recipe, and your photos are beautiful!
Really love this refreshing tea idea as I’m trying out new “mocktails” and this would really satisfy! 🙂