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The Best Texas Tea Punch Recipe

Kathleen

by Kathleen Pope Jul 28, 2023

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This recipe for Iced Tea Punch or what we call Texas Tea punch is a wonderful, fresh recipe to have in your collection for a luncheon or party. I love its bright red color, hint of mint, and the sweet and sour combo of lemonade and pineapple.

This is my favorite go-to non-alcoholic beverage to make for a luncheon or gathering. Plus you can make it ahead! Add a splash of flavored vodka to make it an adult beverage!

If you love the bright and beautiful colors of this Texas Tea, then you will love my brand new Pink Lemonade Vodka Cocktail, this Homemade Hibiscus Simple Syrup Recipe, or this Copycat Starbucks Passion Tea Lemonade Recipe.

Pitcher and glass filled with bright red, flavorful texas tea.
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I’ve seen this recipe in several Junior League and church cookbooks, you know the kind, the ones where you can guarantee it will be delicious and not too difficult!! I love those!

So the next time you are hosting a party, Easter, Mother’s day or any other party; make up some of this reduced sugar sweet tea, trust me, it’s sweet enough! A perfect recipe for tea punch!

Glass filled with beautiful red, Texas Iced Tea.

Ingredients for Tea Punch

  • Sugar & Water | You will make a very basic simple syrup recipe.
  • Tazo Passion Tea Bags | or your other favorite fruity, herbal tea.
  • Black Tea | use regular or decaf depending on your crowd.
  • Fresh Mint | I love using fresh mint in this recipe, adds such great flavor!
  • Lemonade Concentrate | Just a bit adds great citrus flavor!
  • Pineapple Juice | this sweet, yet tart flavor compliments the tea punch recipe perfectly

How to make Iced Tea Punch

Start by bringing your water and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil, whisking to dissolve sugar; boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

Making simple syrup in saucepan.

Place 4 sprigs of fresh mint into the hot sugar water; if you want it even less sweet, reduce your sugar by half, or remove sugar all-together!

Adding fresh mint to simple syrup for Texas Tea.

Get your tea bags ready; 1 family size tea bag = 4 regular sized tea bags.

Tazo passion tea bags and Teatulia Black Tea Bags.

Add tea bags.

TIP | Making it for the evening? Replace the black tea with decaf black tea.

Tea bags in hot sugar water for Texas tea.

Add the herbal berry tea bags (I love Tazo’s Passion tea), Blueberry or any berry tea works well.

Adding tazo passion tea bags for texas tea.

Stir to combine and allow to steep (stand) for 5 minutes. Using a fine-mesh strainer, just scoop out tea bags and mint and discard.

Using a fine mesh strainer to remove mint and tea bags.

Add pineapple juice…

Adding pineapple juice to texas tea.

And thawed lemonade concentrate…

Pouring in thawed lemonade concentrate.

Stir well and chill. Makes about 1 gallon.

Serve chilled over ice (or in a large pitcher or beverage server) with a lemon slice and a sprig of mint as a garnish (optional).

Image close up of Texas Tea in a tall glass with crushed ice a sprig of mint and a lemon wheel.

TIP | Make into an adult beverage by adding 1 oz of vodka (try Deep Eddy’s Grapefruit or Lemon infused Vodka–YUM!), simply pour Texas Tea over the top and you have a lovely cocktail. Imbibe responsibly!

Christmas or Holiday Texas Tea!

The cheery, red color alone makes it ideal for the holidays, but if you’d like, swap out the pineapple juice for cranberry juice!

Pin for Holiday Texas tea with image of pitcher of bright red tea and glass filled with texas tea.

Enjoy this drink recipe? Give these a try!

  • Passion Iced Tea
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  • How to Make a Homemade Strawberry Refresher

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Texas Tea Punch Recipe (Southern Sweet Tea)

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Author: Kathleen Pope
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 16 servings
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Texas Tea is a wonderful, fresh recipe to have in your collection for a luncheon or party. I love it's bright red color, hint of mint, and the sweet and sour combo of lemon and pineapple. Perfect any time of year!

Equipment

  • Breeze Glass Beverage Dispenser with Base Metal Stand Transforms Bucket
  • Bormioli Rocco Officina Water Glasses; Set Of 4 Clear Drinking Tumblers 

Ingredients 

  • ยฝ cup sugar or cut in half, or even omit; I use all natural cane sugar
  • 3 quarts filtered water that’s 12 cups
  • 3 Tazo Passion tea bags other herbal fruity teas may be substituted
  • 8 Black Tea bags substitute with 2 family sized tea bags, decaf may be used
  • 4 sprigs of mint
  • 1 ยฝ cups pineapple juice
  • 6 oz can frozen lemonade thawed (I can never find 6 oz, buy 12 oz and freeze leftovers)
  • Ice lemon slices and mint sprigs for serving (optional)
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Instructions

  • Bring the sugar (optional) and water to a boil, whisking to combine until sugar is dissolved. Boil 5 minutes, remove from heat. If not using sugar, just bring to boil.
  • Add mint sprigs, herbal berry tea bags, black tea bags. Cover and let steep/stand for 5 minutes.
  • Remove tea bags and mint from tea using a sieve. Add lemonade concentrate and pineapple juice. Stir and chill.
  • Serve over ice, garnish with a lemon slice and a mint sprig.
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Notes

If you’d like your tea even less sweet, reduce your sugar by half, or remove sugar all-together!
OVER 21 | Make into an adult drink by adding a shot of your favorite flavored vodka, give Deep Eddy’s Grapefruit or Lemon vodka a try.

Nutrition

Serving: 8oz | Calories: 8kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Sodium: 1mg | Sugar: 2g
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  1. Devonna j Allen

    Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 7:03 am

    5 stars
    Yummy punch I’m to make right now

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    • KathleenKathleen Pope

      Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 7:04 am

      So glad you like it!

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