10 Sweet Tea Recipes to Share with Friends

Whether you're celebrating a holiday, relaxing over a long weekend, or spending the afternoon with friends, you’ll need some delicious drinks to go around!

While a pitcher of sweet tea is always a great go-to, sometimes you want to show off and make something a bit fancier. So we’ve shared our favorite easy sweet tea recipes that you can whip up in no time at all! And since our sweet tea is sugar-free, you don't have to say no to seconds, thirds, fourths!

Lemon Lime Sweet Tea

Grab some sweet tea and add a with a twist of lemon and lime.

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 7 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• Fresh mint sprig, if desired

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 mins. Discard tea bags.
2. Stir in brewed tea with lemon and lime juices. Refrigerate until cold.
3. Serve in your favorite glass or mason jar half-filled with ice. Garnish with fresh mint.

Pina Colada Sweet Tea Slush

A classic Piña Colada taste with a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 3 cups cold water
• 10 fl oz Piña Colada mix (5 fl oz frozen mix should be thawed and mixed with 5 oz cold water)
• 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
• Ice

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 mins.
2. Discard tea bags. Cool in refrigerator.
3. Thaw piña colada mix as per direction on can and mix 10 fl oz with brewed tea, cold water, vanilla extract, nutmeg and cinnamon powder.
4. In a food processor, blend 1 part of drink with 2 parts ice to make slush.

Pineapple Citrus Sweet Tea

Juicy pineapple, orange, and lemon bring the islands to the South.

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 5 cups cold water
• 5 cups pineapple juice
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• Orange and lemon slices, if desired

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 mins. Discard tea bags.
2. Stir in brewed tea with fruit juices and cold water. Refrigerate until cold.
3. Mix with a long wooden spoon and serve in your favorite glass or mason jar over crushed ice. Garnish if desired.

Orange Cream Sweet Tea Float

Orange cream soda and vanilla ice cream make for a delicious drink!

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 1 tea bag of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 2 cups Orange Cream Soda
• 1-2 scoops per glass Vanilla Ice Cream

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 mins.
2. Discard tea bags. Chill in the refrigerator.
3. Mix chilled cream soda into tea.
4. In a glass, add ice cream scoops and top off with tea blend.

Mixed Berry Sweet Tea

Mix things up with a berry-nice jar of Southern Breeze Sweet Tea.

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 6 oz frozen unsweetened mixed berries, thawed and undrained
• 4 cups cold water
• 2 tbsp lime juice

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 mins. Discard tea bags.
2. In a saucepan, bring thawed fruit and cold water to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered for about 10 mins until pulp turns colorless. Strain and discard pulp.
3. Add the extracted juice and lime juice to tea. Refrigerate until cold.
4. Serve in your favorite glass or Mason jar filled with ice. Garnish with some whole fruit.

Jalapeno Lemonade Sweet Tea

Spice up the weekend with a mix of jalapeño and lemonade.

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 2 cups cold water
• 2 cups lemonade (from 12 oz frozen concentrate)
• 1 diced jalapeños with seeds
• 1/2 jalapeño (cut in rounds and deseed for garnish)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 10 mint leaves
• Cut lemon pieces for garnish

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 mins. Discard tea bags.
2. Blend 1/2 cup of lemonade, salt and diced jalapeños in a food processor.
3. Stir in brewed tea with remaining lemonade, blended jalapeños and cold water.
4. Mix de-seeded jalapeños and mint leaves into jar.
5. Refrigerate jar for 1 hour (longer if more heat from jalapeños is desired).
6. Serve in your favorite glass or Mason jar over ice. Garnish with lemon if desired.

Sweet Tea Ice Cream Float

Add some rich vanilla ice cream to our refreshing sweet tea. The number of scoops is up to you.

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 1 quart club soda
• 1-2 scoops per glass Vanilla Ice Cream

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 minutes.
2. Discard tea bags. Chill in refrigerator.
3. Mix chilled club soda with tea.
4. In a glass, add ice cream scoops; top it off with tea blend.

Raspberry Ginger Lime Sweet Tea

Add some kick to your sweet tea with zesty raspberry and spicy ginger.

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 6 oz frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed and undrained
• 5 oz minced ginger (without skin)
• 4 cups cold water
• 4 tbsp lime juice

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 mins. Discard tea bags.
2. In a saucepan, bring raspberries, 1 oz of ginger and cold water to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered for 5 mins. Strain and discard pulp. Add this juice, 1/2 oz ginger and lime juice to tea. Refrigerate for at least an hour.
3. Mix with a long wooden spoon and serve in your favorite glass or Mason jar filled with ice. Garnish with whole raspberries.

Watermelon Sweet Tea

Fresh watermelon & Southern Breeze Sweet Tea...what could possibly be better? Just remember to take the seeds out!

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 3 cups watermelon juice
• 1 cup cold water
• 15 mint leaves
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• Diced watermelon for garnish

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags and mint leaves. Steep for 10 mins and discard only the tea bags.
2. Chill in refrigerator. Discard mint leaves after cooling.
3. Make 3 cups of watermelon juice using fresh watermelon fruit.
4. Mix tea, watermelon juice and lime juice.
5. Serve over ice in your favorite glass or Mason jar & garnish with fresh diced watermelon.

Mango Splash Sweet Tea

Diced mango brings real tropical taste to our sweet tea!

Ingredients (Makes 1 half gallon)

• 2 tea bags of Southern Breeze Original Sweet Tea
• 4 cups boiling water
• 2 cups cold water
• 8 scoops Mango Sorbet
• 1 cup diced mango fruit (for garnish)

Directions

1. Pour boiling water into a half-gallon pitcher over tea bags. Steep for 10 mins and discard tea bags.
2. Chill in refrigerator.
3. Mix mango sorbet into tea.
4. Serve over ice topped with diced mango fruit.

 

Let us know - what else would you want to add to a pitcher of sweet tea? Give us recommendations and we might feature them if we love 'em! We're always looking for ways to spruce up sweet tea!