Honeysuckle Iced Tea

Honeysuckle Iced Tea ~ this sweet, floral, and refreshing drink made from honeysuckle blossoms is the perfect thing to sip on a warm summer day!

Prep time: PT10M

Total time: PT190M

Rating

4 stars (47 reviews)

Afternoon tea, beverage, drinks, edible flowers, honeysuckle, infusions, tea

Pluck the blossoms from the honeysuckle vine. Discard any leaves or green parts. Try to take the freshly opened flowers, and even the buds that are about to open. Put them in a pitcher or mason jar.
Cover with about 2 1/2 cups water that has been heated to just boiling. Give it a good stir and let steep at room temperature for several hours. Then refrigerate overnight.
Strain the tea through a fine mesh strainer, cheesecloth, or a coffee filter. The coffee filter will yield a crystal clear tea.
Serve cold over ice with a mint sprig and a few blossoms for garnish.

Jasmine Zhu on 2021-04-21 (4 stars):
Although the flowers smell so sweet, the tea came out quite bitter (and not a good bitter like green tea) despite picking off the green parts. I guess it would have to be a bit more of an indulgent treat because of the amount of sweetener it needs to taste palatable.
Sydney on 2020-05-22 (5 stars):
I tried making honeysuckle tea today but it turned out really bitter! Have you ever had this happen? Do you have any advice? Thank you!
Diana Thompson on 2020-05-10 (5 stars):
I just got my brewing! Thank you for this great post!