Great post! I would have never thought of all those different combos. The cider and spices sound perfect for the upcoming Fall weather!

Megan, your recipes show a lot of creativity. I'll bet you can come up with plenty of flavored tea variations of your own! That's the fun part of this technique--you can go wild inventing your own flavored tea varieties.

Wow - your first photo has me wanting to head home right now to make a nice big glass of flavored tea! (Or wait - can I just come over to your house and get one of these??) I never would've thought of using jam to flavor my tea. I love it!

Yum, You have me craving one of these yummy teas!
Really cute blog!

Love the ideas for flavoring tea! I am a hot tea drinker when it is cool outside, but haven't ever tried making my own flavored ice tea. Will be trying that this afternoon. Here in Texas it is still VERY hot and will be ice tea weather for several more weeks.

Great blog, enjoyed poking around!

Julie, we know all about hot weather in St. Louis, too. It's been such a steamy summer. I've been drinking more iced tea than ever. Let me know what flavors you make and how they turn out.

Would you mine telling me where you got the infuser that sits on top of mason jar?  I would like one like this.  I made some refrigerator ice tea today and really liked it.  So glad to have found your site  Thank you.

do you used hot water or room temperature water?

I used to pour just a table spoon of my daughters juicy juice into a glass of sweet tea. Voila perfect flavored tea. I got the flavor and didn't feel guilty drinking all of her juice. Lol. :)

I love this and many of your other recipes.  

Do you know if the tea brewing basket is the medium or large one?

Thanks,

barbara

Another great idea is to use frozen fruit, such as peaches, watermelon, berries,  pineapple, etc for ice cubes.  They make for great taste and presentation, and don't dilute your drinks.  

I love this post! Never thought about using preserves! I just saw your refrigerator ice tea post, and I just popped my mixture in the fridge. Something to should try, I don't know how partial you are to the crystal light mixes. One day, I was having such a hard time getting my tea sweet enough with stevia, I didn't want to put too much and have that funny after taste, (I'm partial to ice teas) so I used 1/2-1 pouch of lemonade crystal light (or similar brand) and then threw the ice in. It was with a passion fruit tea. It was amazing. Definitely mix the crystal light when it's hot. Perhaps I'll see what I think of the fridge ice tea and try adding a tiny bit of hot water first, mix the crystal light and then the cold water and tea bags next time. And this only makes your tea 5-10 calories! Little goes a long way or it over powers.

Wowwwwwwwwwwwww!! I love flavored ice tea's, thanks for sharing these wonderful ideas with the group on this site. I can't wait to try this, my favorite flavored tea is peach, so I'm sure you know...which one I'm making first.

Dee Dee

Good morning, and thanks for responding. I am looling forward to making my first pitcher of one of these teas. Please keep in touch, and let me know when you come up with new suggestion.

Dee Dee

AWESOME!! I love all your stuff!! :) and the tea, delicious! thanks a million!

love favorite teas but never thought to use jelly to flavor tea. awesome idea. going have to try some of  these. thanks for the ideas.

Try using Apple Butter, Blackberry Jelly, Strawberry Jam or preserves, orange Marmalade, Grape jelly,  To hot tea add Vanilla and skim milk.  U can also put ur Jams, Jellies, and Preserves in a blender add some water and blend till it is a very thin consistancy and add a tiny bit straight to the tea but the flavors need to be almost watery thin.

Sounds delicious, you can get concentrated syrup juice flavors in small bottles at the health food stores, rasperry, pomeganet, cherry and others that way not pump or seeds and healthier than jams.

Thx for these great recipes, i put mine in the refrigrator now i will tell you how it turned out.

Going downstairs right now to make this to bring to work tomorrow. Sounds delicious. Glad I found your recipes for the flavored waters too. The room scents are great too!  :-)

I to will be using the Christal Lite or sugar free Kool Aide as I'm a diabetic. Thanks because I never would of thought of this and I'm tired of water !!!

Excelent ideas, thank you so much for this post. I have a cooking blog with my husband, www.salpimentando.es, I will try some of these recipes for sure, they are excelent for these extremly sunny summer days! I will mention your blog in my posts, if you don´t mind, of course, please let me know if you have any issue by mentioning you. Again thanks!

Interesting recipes, but most of them should be called "diabetes tea" or "how to get fat and diseased tea," as the sugar content of most of these is through the roof.

Don't be fooled by "no sugar added" jams and preserves -- they're ALL SUGAR even if no additional sugar has been added.

Agave, "sugar in the raw," etc, are deceitful marketing ploys. Sugar is sugar, and manufacturers come up with all sorts of ways to make us think we're eating healthful stuff.

Might as well just drink a Coke and get it over with, as most of these recipes have just as much -- or more -- sugar in them.

Too bad for us all, as they undoubtedly taste great :)

--sohosources

I can't imagine sugar-free jams, or jellies sweetened with anything other than Aspartame...don't use that in your tea.

Thank you for all the info...   I really enjoy herbal teas and you have given me a lot of new ways for me to enhance my tea time : >}

Dont see Plantation iced tea on your list! Pineapple juice is great!

Hi, I Love Ur Awesome Ideas!!! ^_^ I was wondering, what if we don't have a tea basket? Can a piece of cheese cloth be used instead?! I think it would work good on the bigger spices, no? A  pouch n add a lil thread just like making the tea bags, but obviously a bit bigger, lol...just wondering...

I love tea, making it a lot. Thanks for sharing these recipes.
My question is what size tea bags and how many do you use? I make a big batch n sometimes i have to throw it out. This quart size sound just right.

Sounds awesome the apple cider one is great when you have a cold or just need together warm

When i was growing up my friends mom use to make a tea syrup.  remember her doing it on the stove and then putting in jars and keeping it till she wanted to make Ice Tea. she would add   the some of the syrup and then add water.  I was wondering  if u ever heard of this or new how to make it. as i have lost contact with this friend and her mom. U use to be able to buy something  like this in the stores but i haven't seen it in a ling time and it wasn't  as good as what my friends mom use to make. Thanks u for you time and i hope to hear from u. Have a blessed day. And Thanks you VAL.

Thank u so much. Love these. I have always had flavored water
my mom and my sister has been doing this for years and now
I do it big time. I love tea and mom use to constantly try to get me to stop using sugar, she use to say there are so nany natural things u can use to give it the sweet u want. I will be trying all the different
suggestions u gave. Thank u keep the recipes coming.

What a smart idea and a great post.  I dug out my old coffee press basket/tea basket and will put it to good use, but believe it or not, I tried (Yes, it is "Fred Flintstone-ish" LOL) but just half a teaspoon of strawberry preserves at the bottom of a cup melted down with some boiling water worked, too.  Just dropped a tea bag in and added boiling water.  A small, shot of milk and it actually came out perfectly, Strawberry Tea!  Didn't use that much jam, so it tastes a bit like "strawberry candy" tea with milk.  But now you have me thinking of apple cider and cinnamon tea for the Fall.  I'm OBSESSED. :)

These are very good suggestions for tea. I looooooooove tea; it's my favorite drink. so I wanted to expand my horizons by trying out new tea flavors, and this is a great way. I hope I try these out. I would have never thought of using jam, but if it works, I'll try it! Where do you get those tea baskets from?

My husbands from the south and I'm from the north. I was always making him sweet tea. Yuck. But he decided to cut back on his sugars and we started buying liptons diet citrus green tea. He likes it but it was about $10 a week. So we save the bottles and I make him tea at home. I put the tea bags in the coffee pot and turn it on and in the pitcher I add a whole orange, cut in half and squeezed, half of a lime and lemon, also squeezed and I leave the rinds in too. Then I add the tea and some ice or water and let it set. It's pretty quick and easy to make. But I'm going to try some of these combinations. Sounds good

Can you tell me where you got that ice mold? I've been looking for that shape for ice cubes and can't find it. Thanks!

Chopped fresh strawberries, fresh basil snipped and a few drops of a really good balsamic vinegar

Wow great receipes of iced tea I liked it very much I will definitely try it

I like to add pineapple slices to my ice tea it's really good.

This is the best page I've ever pinned on Pinterest and I have thousands of pins! Such great ideas! Can't wait to try them all!

Monica,
I was wondering what teas and flavoring you thought go good together. There are so many combinations. Part of my problem is I don't know where to start.

A friend of mine turned me on to cucumbers and lemons together sliced up together. It is very refreshing.

I was thinking of making a fall flavored tea and found your recipes! YUMMY!! THANKS!!

Hello! Is it okay for you if I use this as our product? Dont worry it's just for a school work. I really like your ideas. I hope you give me your permission. Thank you!

I love all of your ideas. I’m presently steeping one with blackberry preserves. I would  have ever thought of this before.
I like iadding  peach syrup to my ice tea. I found an organic peach syrup on Amazon that I love!  Wabry brand taste like you added fresh peaches.
Thx for sharing all of your ideas