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How to Make Guava Iced Tea (Two Easy Methods)
Guava iced tea is brewed green or black tea flavoured with guava nectar or strained puree, brightened with lime and poured over ice. Here are two easy methods, plus a pink-vs-white guava guide and food-safety tips.
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How to Make Lychee Iced Tea (Floral, Two Ways)
Lychee iced tea is a floral, sweetly perfumed glass of fragrant green or jasmine tea flavoured with real lychee and lime. Here is how to make it two ways, hot-brewed or cold-brewed, plus a fresh-vs-canned guide and food-safety tips.
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How to Make Dragonfruit Iced Tea (Pitaya Refresher)
Dragonfruit iced tea is chilled light tea colored with red pitaya puree or syrup and brightened with lime. Here is how to make it vivid, smooth, and gently sweet — hot-brewed or cold-brewed.
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How to Make Blackcurrant Iced Tea
Blackcurrant iced tea is bold, tart, and deep purple. Here is how to make it two ways, hot-brewed then chilled or cold-brewed in the fridge, with simple ratios for a smooth, sweet-tart glass over ice.
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How to Make Strawberry Iced Tea
Strawberry iced tea is brewed black or green tea muddled with ripe strawberries and served over ice. Here is the recipe, ratios, and both a hot-brew and a fridge cold-brew method.
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How to Make Raspberry Iced Tea (Fresh Berry Recipe)
A simple raspberry iced tea recipe made two ways: hot-brew or fridge cold-brew, with fresh muddled berries strained smooth, a squeeze of lemon, and lots of ice.
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How to Make Blackberry Iced Tea
Blackberry iced tea is deep-purple, sweet-tart and easy: brew strong tea, muddle in real blackberries, strain out the seeds, add a squeeze of lemon and pour over ice. Here are two ways to make it, hot-brewed then chilled or cold-brewed in the fridge.
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How to Make Apple Iced Tea, Hot-Brew or Cold-Brew
Apple iced tea, made easy: brew a strong black tea, blend it roughly half-and-half with real apple juice or fresh cider, add a cinnamon stick and a squeeze of lemon, then chill it over ice. Here are two methods, a plain-versus-spiced comparison, ratios and make-ahead tips.
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How to Make Grape Iced Tea
Grape iced tea is a strong brewed tea flavoured with real grape juice or muddled grapes, brightened with a squeeze of lemon and poured over ice. Here is a full recipe with a hot-brew and a fridge cold-brew method, plus a purple-vs-green grape guide.
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How to Make Cherry Iced Tea (Fresh, Frozen or Juice)
Cherry iced tea is a juicy, ruby-red summer cooler. Here is how to make it with fresh, frozen or juiced cherries - brewed double strength, hot or cold-brew, with a sweet vs sour cherry guide.
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How to Make Cinnamon Roll Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Cinnamon roll cold foam is a cold-whipped topping that tastes like a frosted cinnamon roll: cinnamon, brown sugar and a hint of cream-cheese tang, floated over iced coffee. Here is the one-minute method, the amounts, and a tang-vs-richness table.
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How to Make Shortbread Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
A no-cook shortbread cold foam that tastes like a buttery, lightly salted biscuit — cold-whipped from cream, vanilla and brown-sugar or butterscotch syrup to float on iced coffee and cold brew.
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How to Make Caramel Brulee Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Caramel brulee cold foam is a thick, cold-whipped topping in a deep, torched-caramel flavour, finished with crunchy caramel bits. Here are the amounts, the technique, and how to keep it crisp on iced coffee.
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How to Make Sugar Cookie Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Make sugar cookie cold foam at home with cold cream, vanilla and a drop of almond, no cookie dough. Get the amounts, a step-by-step method and a flavour table.
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How to Make Snickerdoodle Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Snickerdoodle cold foam turns a cookie's cinnamon-sugar comfort into a cold, cloud-like topping. Cold-whip cream, milk, cinnamon and a little vanilla or brown-sugar syrup — no heat and no dough — then float it on iced coffee or cold brew.
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How to Make Dragonfruit Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Dragonfruit cold foam is a soft, bright-pink, cold-whipped topping made with no heat. Here is how to make it with red pitaya syrup or puree, plus tips for the most vivid colour on iced coffee, tea and refreshers.
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How to Make Grape Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Grape cold foam is a sweet, cold-whipped grape topping you float on iced coffee, cold brew or iced tea. Here is the quick recipe, the syrup trick that keeps it thick, and a purple-versus-green flavour guide.
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How to Make Cantaloupe Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Cantaloupe cold foam is a soft, pale cap of cold-frothed cream and melon that floats on iced coffee, cold brew or iced tea. Here is how to make it hold its shape — lean on syrup or a strained puree, and froth it cold.
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How to Make Plum Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Plum cold foam is a sweet-tart, ruby topping you whip cold in about two minutes. Here is how to make it with cream, milk and plum syrup, plus a cream-to-milk ratio table and tips for floating it on iced coffee, cold brew and iced tea.
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How to Make Apricot Cold Foam for Iced Coffee
Apricot cold foam is a thick, cold-whipped topping in a sweet-tart apricot flavour. Here is how to make it with cream, milk and apricot syrup, plus a cream-to-milk ratio table and food-safety tips for iced coffee, cold brew and iced tea.
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How to Make Toffee Syrup for Coffee and Lattes
Toffee syrup is a rich, buttery, deep-amber syrup made from brown sugar and butter. Here is how to make toffee syrup at home, with a water-based versus cream-based comparison and easy ways to use it in a toffee latte or iced coffee.
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How to Make Allspice Syrup for Coffee and Drinks
Allspice syrup is a warm, aromatic spice syrup made by steeping lightly crushed allspice berries in a 1:1 sugar syrup. Here is the recipe, a steep-time table, ways to use it in coffee and cocktails, and how to store it.
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How to Make Apple Syrup for Coffee and Autumn Drinks
Apple syrup is a warm, pourable orchard syrup made by simmering apple juice or cider with sugar and a little cinnamon. Here is how to make it and stir it into coffee, chai and autumn drinks.
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How to Make Pomegranate Syrup for Coffee and Drinks
Pomegranate syrup is a jewel-red, tart-sweet pour made by gently simmering real pomegranate juice with sugar. Here is a simple recipe, how it differs from molasses, and how to stir it into coffee, tea, sodas and cocktails.