During the summer months, I love to make specialty drinks when entertaining guest. From cocktails to mocktails to fruit chillers and shakes for the kids, there is always something delicious to drink when I’m entertaining and enjoying the company of others.
Tea is one of my favorite ingredients to experiment with when creating drink recipes. There is nothing more satisfying than a cold glass of ice tea to quench your thirst on a hot summer day. So when I was sent samples of Pure Leaf Iced Tea to try out, I was thrilled.
Lipton Pure Leaf Iced Tea is a bottled tea with a fresh brewed taste. Made from all natural ingredients and no preservatives, Pure Leaf’s fresh brewed taste comes in seven flavors, appealing to tea lovers of all ages. The bottles have been replaced with new, eco-friendly packaging that are travel friendly, making it easier when you are on the go. These bottles are perfect for summer picnics, a day at the beach or an outing at the park. They are PET plastic and 100% recyclable.
I really enjoyed the Pure Leaf lemon. It tasted great! The sweetened tea was pretty good and the unsweetened was okay. Since the unsweetened was the least of my favorite of the three, I decided to use it in a smoothie recipe. The fruit tea smoothie was delicious, and a big hit with everyone in the family. Here is the recipe:
- 16 ounces Pure Leaf Iced Tea with Lemon or Pure Leaf Unsweetened
- Iced Tea, chilled
- 2 cups frozen strawberries
- 1 cup fat free vanilla ice cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- In blender, process all ingredients until smooth.
- Serve immediately in tall glasses and garnish, if desired, with fresh strawberries.
You can also find more recipes on the Pure Leaf Facebook Page recipe tab.
Have you tried Pure Leaf Iced Tea? What do you think about the taste and new design?
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Lipton Pure Leaf. I received product samples and a promotional item to thank me for participating.
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I love strawberry smoothies. I’m going to give this a try.
This drink is perfect this summer.. But here in our place, I am sure a lot of people, especially the young ones, will definitely like this..
Oh yeah, this looks good! I pinned it to save and share. Thanks so much for the tea smoothie!
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This looks like a perfect summer drink! Yum- tea smoothie!
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I HAVEN’T tried this yet – sounds DELISH! I actually hadn’t heard of their pure tea – wonder if HyVee has it yet? I’ll have to ask. Be sure to visit my newest member to my blog family when you have a chance – it’s a blog for my 2 kids (for the summer anyway) to practice their literacy skills & share what’s happen’. Be sure to link up your giveaways too!
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This sounds just lovely!
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I make smoothies all the time, but never thought of using tea. Fabulous idea. I’m going to try it
sounds delish!
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I enjoy the bottled teas and this sounds like it might be yummy, although if I was not so lazy I would make my own LOL, but on the run this sounds like a good product. I also think I will give the mocktail / smoothie a try :) Thanks for sharing today.
yum! what a great way to jazz up iced tea