Hibiscus Iced Tea

DIFFICULTY
Easy Easy
PREP TIME
Under 30 Min. Under 30 Min.
SERVES
2-4 2-4
Hibiscus Iced Tea
This fragrant hibiscus iced tea will be on make, sip, and repeat all summer long! It’s zingy and refreshing, and also a beautiful choice to serve in our elegant tea pots for guests. Adding a dash of vodka would do well for a teapot cocktail.
Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

  • 1 vanilla bean, split
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • ½ cup dried hibiscus flowers
  • 12 hibiscus tea bags
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 Litre water
  • Edible flowers, to garnish
  • Method

  • 1
    Scrape the vanilla seeds into a medium size Le Creuset saucepan; add the vanilla pod, orange zest, hibiscus flowers, tea bags, sugar, and water. Bring to the boil and allow to steep at a low simmer for 5 minutes.
  • 2
    Cool to room temperature (this should take about 30 minutes). Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large jug and allow to chill.
  • 3
    Serve cold in a Le Creuset Tea Pot over hibiscus tea ice blocks with extra edible flowers as garnish.
  • 4
    Cook’s Tip: To prevent the tea from diluting in flavour if serving over normal ice blocks, double your tea recipe and pour into ice block moulds and freeze to set.