This strawberry hibiscus tea is made with fresh strawberries and lemon juice and tastes like summer in a glass. It's super refreshing and easy to make at home but tastes like something you'd get out.
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Key Ingredients and Substitutions
Fresh strawberries: In a pinch you can use thawed frozen strawberries.
Lemon juice: Fresh lemon juice works best, but you can use bottled lemon juice if that's what you have on hand.
Hibiscus Tea: Most grocery stores carry hibiscus tea bags. We get ours at Trader Joe's or our local Food Lion. The Republic of Tea makes a great hibiscus tea.
Honey: We use honey to sweeten our tea. You could also use sugar, simple syrup, Stevia, or whatever you usually use to sweeten your drinks.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Combine strawberries, lemon juice, and water in a food processor until the strawberries are pureed and smooth. Run the puree through a fine mesh strainer to remove the seeds.
Step 2: Add honey (or sweetener of your choice) to the boiling water and steep the tea bags in it for the amount of time specified on your tea bag's instructions (it should take about 5 minutes).
Step 3: Add the tea and strawberry puree to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until combined and cold. Transfer to glasses and enjoy!
Expert Tips
- Make sure you strain the seeds out of the strawberry puree—they take away from the lovely smooth texture of this strawberry hibiscus tea. I place my puree in a fine mesh strainer over a large bowl. If your puree doesn't want to go through the strainer, push it through with a spoon or run the tip of your spoon across the bottom of the strainer. When you're done you can rinse off the seeds and save them for planting!
- You can sweeten this with whatever you want. Sometimes I leave mine unsweetened completely, but I've also used honey, sugar, stevia, and allulose. Whatever you use, just make sure you add it to the boiling water with your tea bags or it won't dissolve.
- If you want to have this drink after hours, add a shot of rum and a bit more sweetener. It'll transport you to an island somewhere, promise.
- Looking for other great drinks? Try our grapefruit iced tea or coconut water mocktail.
Frequently asked questions
If you can't find hibiscus tea, try this recipe with a fruit-flavored herbal tea. Passionfruit tea is great in this recipe.
If you don't have a strainer, line a colander with a cheesecloth and filter the berries through the cheesecloth (it will stain your cloth, however).
You can sweeten this with whatever you want. Sometimes I leave mine unsweetened completely, but I've also used zero-calorie sweeteners like stevia. Whatever you use, just make sure you add it to the boiling water with your tea bags or it won't dissolve.
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📖 Recipe
Strawberry Hibiscus Tea
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 drinks 1x
Description
This strawberry hibiscus tea is made with fresh strawberries and lemon juice and tastes like summer in a glass. It's super refreshing and easy to make at home but tastes like something you'd get out.
Ingredients
12 medium to large strawberries
Juice of 1 lemon
½ cup water
2 hibiscus tea bags
1.5 cups boiling water
1 tablespoon of honey (or more, to taste)
Instructions
- Combine strawberries, lemon juice, and water in a food processor until the strawberries are pureed and smooth. Run the puree through a fine mesh strainer to remove the seeds (see note 1).
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Add honey (or sweetener of your choice) to the boiling water and steep the tea bags in it for the amount of time specified on your tea bag's instructions (see note 2).
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Add the tea and strawberry puree to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until combined and cold. Transfer to glasses and enjoy!
Notes
- If your puree doesn't want to go through the strainer, push it through with a spoon or run the tip of your spoon across the bottom of the strainer. Check out our FAQ above if you don't have a strainer.
- You can sweeten this with whatever you want. Sometimes I leave mine unsweetened completely, but I've also used sugar, stevia, and allulose. Whatever you use, just make sure you add it to the boiling water with your tea bags or it won't dissolve.
- Nutritional information is only an estimate.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 drink
- Calories: 60
- Sugar: 12.8 g
- Sodium: 10.9 mg
- Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 15.8 g
- Protein: 0.6 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Rochelle says
Love this recipe!