Tea preparation

How to make homemade iced tea

Publish on 06.06.2025 by Gaia Gardens

When the warm weather arrives, it's time to try homemade iced tea! Pure or with added juice, fruit pieces, flowers and ice cubes: there's no limit to the ideas you can come up with to refresh yourself!

The key thing to remember: all our teas and herbal teas can be made cold, whether loose or in infusettes. And you can even make a good iced tea without a kettle!

Cold-brewed iced tea, no kettle required, instructions for use

Cold-brewed iced tea is unbeatable. In fact, the polyphenols responsible for bitterness are released only to a very limited extent at temperatures below 70°C. A good reason to dare!

Simply place your tea in a closed jug, pop it in the fridge for a few hours to reach the desired intensity, and you're ready to go. Ideally, you should prepare your jug in the evening, so that your infusion is ready for the next day.

Blown with the wind is a good way to start. This white tea from her native Vietnam, flavours fruity and sunny with lime and coconut, accompanied by a zest of combawa leaves, is a deliciously fresh, summery recipe. Gourmet sensations guaranteed!

Recipe steps:

Put 5-6 teaspoons (approx. 10-12 grams) of Blown with the wind in a filter or tea ball to be placed in a 1-liter jug of filtered water.
Leave to infuse in a cool place overnight, remove the tea or filter and serve in your finest mugs!
You can store this tasty drink in the fridge in a bottle or jug with a lid (48 hours maximum).

Test infusion at room temperature

Discover other tea flavors the easy way! As with cold-brewing, room-temperature brewing is easy to use and has very little bitterness.

Brew your tea in a carafe of water at room temperature for 1 to 3 hours. Add ice cubes, fruit or fruit juice if you like, and enjoy!

Our homemade, theine-free African Freshness, for example, is a real breath of fresh air! In this original recipe, the sweet, woody notes of rooibos are energized by the pep of sweet mint. A melody of stimulating flavours for summer!

Recipe steps:

Add 5-6 teaspoons (approx. 10-12 grams) of African Freshness rooibos to a 1-liter carafe of filtered water at room temperature. Cover with a lid.
Leave to infuse for 1 to 3 hours at room temperature, then strain.
Add fresh mint leaves and ice cubes for a particularly refreshing homemade iced tea!

Minute iced tea, for those in a hurry

Couldn't plan ahead? Want an iced tea on the go?

The solution is to prepare a more concentrated infusion by over-infusing for a few minutes and/or doubling the quantity of tea, then pouring it over a large quantity of ice cubes. Be sure to respect the infusion temperature, but also to take note of the recommended infusion time on each of our packagings. Be sure to use a suitable jug that can withstand the sudden change from hot to cold.

In its iced tea version, A tea for the ocean brings a breath of fresh air to the palate with its lemony notes offered by ginger and the combination of peppermint and rosemary on a base of wulong tea (oolong tea).

Recipe steps:

Prepare a well-concentrated tea: 4 to 5 teaspoons (about 8 to 10 grams) of A tea for the ocean in ½ liter of almost boiling water (95°C).
Leave to infuse for the time indicated on the bag (4-5 min) + 1-2 min to concentrate the infusion, then filter.
Fill a jug with ice cubes and pour in the tea. Add ice cubes, lime slices, a few fresh mint leaves and rosemary sprigs, and you're ready to go!

The Koridashi method, a surprising infusion technique

Koridashi is a particularly simple and seductive Japanese cold-brewing technique. Simply infuse the tea with ice cubes only (no additional water is added), and as the ice cubes melt, the water gradually takes on the taste of the tea. This method is slower, but intensifies the flavours. Iced tea is smoother and softer, with very little bitterness.

Japanese green tea lends itself perfectly to this exercise. Try it with our Sencha Fukamushi this refreshing, thirst-quenching method will reveal its flavours of nuts allied to a beautiful complexity of particularly seductive herbal notes.

Recipe steps:

Sprinkle 12 grams of Fukamushi Sencha into a carafe half-filled with ice cubes.
Wait for the ice cubes to melt, then enjoy! This may take 1 to 2 hours in summer.

Tips:

Perform this technique in a glass teapot or glass jug to watch the liquor form.
Don't throw the tea leaves away! You can reuse them to make a delicious pesto: discover the recipe here.

Choose from a wide range of caffeine-free beverages

Do you prefer drinks without theine? With fruit teas, herbal teas, rooibos, honeybush... the choice is yours!

Dhyâna Serenity meditation herbal tea, for example, is delicious in a cold version: this herbal tea of honeybush, moringa and buchu flowers offers pleasant floral and fruity notes and can be sipped at any time and at any age.

Sakura Wild Cherry infusion is a surprisingly light, flowery and delicately fruity beverage. A real discovery for fans of Japanese infusions! It is suitable for all types of preparation, as a plain iced tea, a cocktail or a mocktail.

Recipe steps:

For a large glass, infuse 3 teaspoons (approx. 6 g) of Sakura Wild Cherry in your usual teapot (whether cast-iron, porcelain or glass) with around 500 ml of water filtered at 100°C for 1 to 5 minutes.
Pour this infusion into a 1-liter jug filled to ¾ with ice cubes (to make a minute iced tea).
In a 1 glass, pour ¾ Sakura and ¼ well-chilled organic white grape juice. Drink up!

Anti-waste tip:

Don't throw away the Sakura Wild Cherry infusion leaves! They can be re-infused several times.

Depending on your taste, you can sweeten your homemade iced tea with cane sugar syrup or agave syrup, accompany it with slices of citrus fruit, fresh fruit (raspberry, blackberry...), fresh herbs (mint, verbena, rosemary...), spices (cinnamon sticks, cardamom...), or the organic fruit juice of your choice..

It's up to you to indulge yourself..