Enjoy this sweet, deep recipe (with adult option!) for sorghum iced tea plus other iced tea recipes (including vegan cupcakes!) and serving suggestions.
Sometimes, the best things in life are naturally dairy-free … like freshly made iced tea on a hot summer’s day. And since today is National Iced Tea Day, I thought it would be a great time to share some fabulous iced tea recipes, including a new twist on tradition, sorghum iced tea with citrus.
The recipe and photo for this sorghum iced tea were shared with us by United Sorghum Checkoff.
Iced Tea Inspired Deliciousness
All of the following recipes and ideas for National Iced Tea Day are dairy-free and vegan-friendly. Most are gluten-free, too (just not the cupcakes) and top food allergy-friendly.
Special Diet Notes: Sweet Southern Sorghum Iced Tea
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, optionally gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan/ plant-based, and vegetarian. Just use caution when selecting your tea and bourbon, if using.
- 6 cups water
- 4 black tea bags
- ¾ cup sorghum syrup
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup bourbon (optional)
- Juice of 1 orange
- 1 orange, washed and sliced
- Mint to garnish
- Boil the water. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags and steep for 5 minutes.
- Remove the tea bags and stir in the sorghum syrup and sugar. Pour into a pitcher and refrigerate until cold.
- Stir in the bourbon, if using, and orange juice. Add sliced oranges to pitcher.
- Serve over ice with mint to garnish.