Tea Ice Cubes
Tea ice cubes are the key to cooling down tea, chilling iced tea without watering it down and making interesting cocktails!
Servings 24 ice cubes
Calories 0.001kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 4 teaspoons loose-leaf tea or 4 tea bags
Instructions
- Boil water. If using loose tea, add it to a strainer.
- Place strainer or tea bags in a large bowl or measuring cup. Top with hot water.
- Steep 3-5 minutes. Remove tea bags. Let cool to the touch. (It can still be warm, but should not be hot.)
- Pour into ice trays and let freeze for 3 hours.
- Pop out of ice tray and use in drinks.
Notes
Types of tea
You can use any type of tea to make these ice cubes. Try one of these:- Black tea such as Earl Grey, English Breakfast or Chai tea
- Green tea such as matcha or jasmine tea
- Oolong tea
- White tea
- Herbal tea, such as chamomile, rooibos or peppermint
- Flavored tea, such as peach tea
Uses for tea ice cubes
- Tea too hot? Use a tea ice cube to cool down a cup of hot tea without diluting the flavor. (Make sure it is the same flavor of tea for best results!)
- If you like to sip on iced tea but don’t like it when it gets watered down, using tea ice cubes made with the same type of tea is a great way to chill it without the dilution of regular ice.
- Freeze tea into large ice cubes or sphere shapes and drop them into cocktail (such as a classic old-fashioned) for a tea twist.
- Use them in a glass of lemonade to make a spin on the Arnold Palmer.
- Add the whole tray, some simple syrup and maybe some lemon juice in a blender to make iced tea slushies.
- Freeze tea in popsicle molds to make tea popsicles!
Nutrition
Serving: 1ice cube | Calories: 0.001kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.001g | Protein: 0.001g | Fat: 0.001g | Saturated Fat: 0.001g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.001g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.001g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 0.001mg | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 0.001mg | Fiber: 0.001g | Sugar: 0.001g | Vitamin A: 0.001IU | Vitamin C: 0.001mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.001mg
