Refreshing home brewed sweet tea flavored with summer peaches and fragrant lavender-all you need is a front porch and a rocking chair, southern summer bliss.
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup water
- 2 quarts water
- 1 quart peach juice
- 6 sprigs lavender
- 4 earl grey tea bags
- Lavender sprigs
- Fresh peach slices
Instructions:
- Heat water to boiling and pour into a large pitcher. Stir in peach juice, lavender sprigs and steep tea bags for 1 hour.
- In a small pot heat sugar and water over medium heat until simmering and sugar dissolves, stirring frequently. Add simple syrup to pitcher and stir.
- Remove tea bags and chill the tea with ice or by refrigerating. Serve in tall ice filled glasses garnish with lavender and peach slice.
Tips: Do you like your tea super sweet? Increase the simple syrup to 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. Not a sweet tea fan? No judgement- remove the simple syrup all together.