About
To make it perfectly, Twisted Peach Tea requires patience. Three days' worth of patience. However, this is worth it. The process to make its signature component, a homemade peach vodka, is lengthy but the result is sweet and refreshing, making it the perfect boozy addition to sweet lemonade and cooling iced tea! Twisted Peach Tea is the drink your next garden party needs!
Ingredients
- For the peach tea vodka:
- 1 (20-ounce) jar sliced peaches, drained, or 6 peaches, peeled and pitted, sliced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 cups neutral grain alcohol, 190 proof, such as Everclear®, plus more, to taste
- 1 cup water, boiling, plus 3/4 cup water, room temperature, divided
- 1 large or 2 small black tea bags
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- For the twisted tea:
- ice, to taste
- 1/2 cup lemonade, homemade or store-bought
- 1/2 cup iced tea, unsweetened, homemade or store-bought
- peaches, optional, to taste, sliced, for garnish
- lemons, optional, to taste, sliced, for garnish
Directions
Step 1 -In a 32-ounce Mason jar or a similar large glass jar, add 1 of the jars of the peaches. They should fill it to the top.
Step 2 -Add the lemon juice to the peaches without stirring.
Step 3 -Add 2 cups of the grain alcohol to the jar. If it does not reach the top, add the extra grain alcohol until the liquid reaches the top.
Step 4 -Seal the jar with an airtight lid.
Step 5 -Flip the jar upside down a few times to make sure all the peaches are fully submerged, and all the peaches are touching the alcohol.
Step 6 -Place the jar in the refrigerator to chill for at least 48 hours. Make sure to slowly shake the jar twice a day.
Step 7 -Into a bowl, strain the liquid from the peaches.
Step 8 -Pour the peach-infused alcohol into the original Mason jar. Reserve the alcohol-soaked peaches for a separate use or discard.
Step 9 -In a large pot, add 1 cup of the boiling water.
Step 10 -Continuously dunk the tea bag into the boiling water until the tea infuses the water.
Step 11 -Add the tea bag to the boiling water.
Step 12 -Pour the tea mixture, including the tea bag, into the Mason jar with the peach-infused vodka and stir to combine.
Step 13 -Seal the jar and allow the tea bag to sit in the mixture for 10 minutes.
Step 14 -In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add the remaining room temperature water and the sugar and bring the mixture to a boil, while stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
Step 15 -Reduce the heat to medium-low and let the simple syrup mixture simmer until the sugar dissolves. Transfer the pan from the heat and allow the simple syrup to cool slightly.
Step 16 -Remove and discard the tea bag from the jar.
Step 17 -Add the simple syrup to the jar and stir to combine.
Step 18 -Seal the jar and allow the peach tea vodka mixture to chill in the refrigerator, about 30 minutes.
Step 19 -Fill six serving glasses with the ice.
Step 20 -In a pitcher, add 1 1/2 ounces of the peach tea vodka, the lemonade, and the iced tea and stir to combine. Reserve the remaining peach tea vodka for another use.
Step 21 -Pour the twisted tea evenly into the serving glasses over the ice.
Step 22 -Serve garnished with the extra peach slices and the lemon slices.
