Iced tea is actually my favorite drink. I should probably say it’s water to set some kind of example but if I’m being totally honest I’ll guzzle down unsweetened iced tea at twice the rate I drink water.
It’s one of those drinks that’s sort of perfect for everyday. I can drink it while I’m working on the computer or use it to quench my thirst after a workout or just sitting on the back porch watching the kids play in the heat of summer.
Sometimes though, I like to add a little bit of pizzaz to it.
One of the easiest ways to plus up any drink, water included, is to flavor it. Using flavored ices cubes is one of my favorite flavoring agent hacks. They’re easy to make, easy to use and deliver bold, bright flavors in every sip.
I first created these last summer and have used them throughout the summer, spring and fall to freshen up my daily choice of hydration. They are great for single drinks or you can make them for a pitcher and serve them at a party.
Whether your drink of choice is tea or water, try it with one of these flavor infused ice cubes this week. With simple recipes for Lemon Basil, Honey Peach and Raspberry Mint there’s bound to be one flavor that will wet your simultaneously wet your appetite and quench your thirst. Grab the recipes for all three below!
Lemon Basil Ice Cubes
Ingredients:
- Juice of 2.5 lemons
- 1 cup of water
- 2-3 Tbsp. of fresh basil, chopped
- 2 Tbsp. of lemon zest
Steps:
- Mix lemon juice and water.
- Pour into ice cube trays.
- Add a sprinkle of lemon zest to each ice cube.
- Add a few slices of basil to each ice cube.
- Freeze for three hours.
- Serve immediately after taking them out of the freezer.
Honey Peach Ice Cubes
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of water
- 1/4 cup of honey
- 1 cup of peaches, skin removed and chopped. If you use canned peaches make sure you drain them and rinse them before using.
Steps:
- Mix honey and water. Whisk until it is well blended.
- Pour into ice cube trays.
- Spoon a generous amount of peaches into each ice cube spot.
- Freeze for two hours.
- Serve immediately with Gold Peak Tea after taking them out of the freezer.
Raspberry Mint Ice Cubes
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of water
- 1 cup of raspberries, muddled
- 1/4 tsp. of mint extract.
- 1 Tbsp. of fresh mint leaves.
Steps:
- Muddle raspberries until they are more of a paste.
- Mix water and raspberries together until well blended.
- Pour into each ice cube tray.
- Add a few mint leaves to each
- Freeze for three hours.
- Serve immediately after taking them out of the freezer.
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I love the different tea flavors and the flavor-infused ice cubes! Yummy! 🙂
I’m so thirsty! I need to make falvored-infused ice cubes stat!
Looks perfect for a hot summer day like we’ve been having here lately. 🙂
WOW! this is good:) I will try it haha! Thanks
I LOVE gold peak. We don’t drink soda in our house so all we drink is Gold Peak. I love their diet ice tea. Taste just like regular ice team with no after taste
ohhh these all sound so good and so refreshing! Especially the lemon basil. I’ll have to try the Peak Tea. I’ve heard it’s really good but have yet to try it!
These look delicious. And since I live on a tropical island I could eat them all year round! Can’t wait to try them out!
thanks for sharing it! its really look like refeshing!
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These turned out so beautiful and fancy and I bet they are tasty, too! The perfect idea for any summer gathering!
Thank you!
The flavor-infused ice cubes are a great idea and they’re so pretty!
This looks so refreshing! I definitely am taking notes on this one.
I need to make some of these ice cubes! They look really good!
I LOVE Gold Peak’s Sweet Tea – seriously one of my favorite drinks ever. These look like the perfect summer drinks!
OMG! Those ice cubes are GENIUS! i Have a TON of peaches sitting at home that I need to use, definitely going to try this out!
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I have been loving the new Gold Peak flavors. You have given me some great ideas to try with them.
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Ooh, these flavor infused ice cubes are terrific. I’m really cutting down on sugar and flavored beverages and these look like a delicious and healthy alternative.
Yummy!! It looks so delicious!!
Mmm, nothing like flavored ice tea, all natural and healthy too! Thanks for sharing these ideas!
I would seriously never have thought to make flavour infused ice cubes! How clever and I bet they lend so much awesomeness to the drinks!
This is an amazing idea and I am kicking myself for not trying this earlier. I love this idea. Pinning.
That’s a lot of lovely ideas to enjoy iced tea! I think the flavor infused ice cubes are great and I’d love to give it a try as well. Thanks for the recipes! They’re all so easy to make!
I prefer tea over coffee any day and I love learning about different ways of preparing it. These are great! It’s easy and it makes tea more enjoyable! WIN!
I love a good sweet tea! All of your ice cubes look like they would be so good, but that raspberry mint is the one I for sure need to try!
Rachel you are a genius! I never would have thought I could make flavour infused ice cubes and add them to my beverages, amaziiing! You are my new recipes best friend. Cant wait to try this out really.
I love being able to grab a cooked rotisserie chicken for dinner. It’s usually cheaper and easier than cooking it yourself! And infused ice cubes, so clever!
I love that you did something so simple to add to an already delicious tea. The basil and lemon sounds tasty!
This is such an inspired idea. After trying some of Starbucks new tea infusions, I’ve been thinking about how I could make them myself at home so this has given me plenty of ideas.
Love iced tea – especially Gold Peak! I’ll have to try the recipes for infused ice cubes! Very neat idea!!
I absolutely love iced tea – especially Gold Peak! I’ll have to try the recipes for infused ice cubes! Very neat idea!!
I am seriously loving this idea! I have some mint in my garden right now, I think I will use it to do something like this!
Oh these rock! So many fun possibilities. I know I’ll be able to use the lemon basil ones with tea!
What a great idea and so perfect for the summer! I would definitely use these – I am so going to make some for our next BBQ!
I love this idea! I don’t drink tea but drink water all day. The lemon basil sounds delicious, and I would try strawberry and mint since I don’t like raspberry. Now I just need to go buy an ice tray since my ice machine won’t do this for me!
What an incredible way to jazz up a drink! I love the honey peach cubes!
I never thought of making infused ice cubes before. I would love to try the raspberry mint with my ice tea.
I love iced tea, so does the hubby. these ice cubes are a great way to add a little flavor and they really make the glass look interesting too.
I’m obsessed with ice and cold drinks but I’ve never tried flavoring my ice! I love the honey and peach combination – I need to try it!
That is such a good way to drink more water too. I need some flavored ice cubes to help me drink more liquids throughout the day. I get so busy I forget!
I’ve never made these kind of cubes! I can’t wait to try it!
I cannot wait to change up my drinks with these ice cube recipes. I drink tea all the time but it is usually hot so I am definitely going to start making some cold brewed teas with these ice cubes.
I can’t wait to try these cubes in my drinks. I’m not a huge fan of tea but keep hearing about all the benefits. Having a little flavor and to go along with it would be an incentive.
I love the idea of flavored ice cubes. I love ice in my drinks but hate when the ice waters things down.
This is such an amazing idea! Perfect to add flavors to drinks!
oOoo these look so good! Even though we don’t drink ice tea, we can still use these flavored ice cubes for just water to add more taste. I am especially excited about the lemon basil one!
Great idea. Adding vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and anti-inflammatory goodness to your plain water. It’s so refreshing, it will quickly become your new favorite drink.
what a briliant idea! Now this will make my summer in greece a bit more tolerable! I can’t wait to try them all!
We love making herb ice cubes. Such a fun and easy way to spice up any and all types of drinks.
I LOVE these so much! I have a big plant full of basil that I didn’t know what to do with, now I do.
These are great! Id rather use something like this then to have my drink get watered down! I’d try the peach or the raspberry in my tea. I’m not a huge fan of basil.
Oh, this looks super yummy. I will definitely have to try this. I love trying new drink ideas!!
I’ve actually been thinking of making flavored ice cubes so this is timely for me. You have some good ideas as to what to add to them. I can see myself making some of these beverages.
I’ll try first the lemon basil ice cubes! Love all the photos! 🙂
I have never ever thought about making flavored ice cubes but it’s absolutely brilliant! This will be our favorite summer discovery by far. I can’t wait to try the raspberry one – we’re making them for an upcoming friends get-together.
Oh yesss, you have really piqued my interest with this recipe. I love tea and I can’t wait to make me some infused ice cubes. This will be great for our summer party next weekend!
This is such a great idea! I know I should be drinking more fluids and would definitely want to hydrate more frequently with these flavored ice cubes. I’ll definitely stock our freezer with these this week.
This is new from me! I like your idea I will try it do that someday!
This is such a brilliant idea! I drink a lot of water. Adding flavored ices cubes will make it taste even better!
Those are some pretty amazing and fun flavor filled ice cubes. I know my daughter would love this, And fun things to do with tea.
These flavored cubes look like they would be so amazing. They would definitely Jazz things up.
Yes, Iced tea for the win! These are a great way to add flavor, peach might be my fave from the list. Mango is another great choice for me. Thanks for the tip.
There was a time when I would use flavored ice cubes to add more flavor to water and iced tea. I want to try the honey peach and the lemon basis. I want to try them all! They sound delicious.
This is such a good idea I don’t know why I have never done it. Just plain old ice makes everything so watery, where as you freeze the drink then as it melts it make sure drink taste just as good as if the ice never melted.
I think flavored ice cubes is GENIUS! I’ve done coffee ice cubes from leftover coffee, so I can make an iced coffee the next day; but, lemon basil cubes sounds like they’ll really freshen up a drink!
This is so easy and yet I’ve never thought to flavor ice cubes for that wow factor. For the record, I’d rather drink iced tea over water too and these recipes make it ever so fun!
What a great idea to spice up drinks. The lemon basil ice cubes sounds like an awesome idea to me. Can’t wait to try some of these.
Yum, these sound refreshing. I will have to try them out during the summer for sure. I love the flavors.
I love this so much! Such a brilliant way to add flavor to drinks. It also looks fancy and impresses people at parties. 😉
This is such a great idea. I honestly never would have thought of this. I will have to start doing this from now on. I love it!
I nhave always thought this was one of the best ideas for drinks. Especially when you don’t want them watered down!
What a delicious way to add a bit more flavor to drinks. Lemon Basil sounds like something I need to make asap!
These are a great idea for summer drinks. I need to make these for my next party.
I bet this is going to be a great way to get more people to drink water. I love the idea of flavored ice cubes, going to give this idea a try and see how it helps me drink more water or not. I bet it will increase my water consumption rather well!
Oh my goodness! I am drooling over these drinks. Exactly what I need for summer days!
These ice cubes really look refreshing! Perfect for the hot summer. Can’t wait to make this and go chilling..
I haven’t thought of doing this before. What a great idea. I really want to try the raspberry mint.
Wow! Lots of ideas here. I have always wanted to try those flavored ice cubes, but never got around to doing it. They all look delish!
Ice tea, and hot tea for the matter, is one of my favorite drinks too. These ice cubes are such a great idea to add flavor to an already great drink.
I would love to do this for my water because I can never drink my water straight so this might help. Now I gotta buy ice trays I grew up with them but don’t have any in my house
These drinks all look refreshing! I love the idea of infused ice cubes. Sometimes drink get bland with lots of ice.
This is a pretty genius idea. I never thought to add the flavor to our ice cubes! Totally trying this!
I am absolutely loving this idea of the flavored ice cubes! Can’t wait to try this out!
wow, what a brilliant idea! I would totally be doing this. Thanks for sharing!
All of these look delicious! I drink a lot of iced tea in the summer, and this would be a great way to get a little more flavor.
Love these ideas! I love tea, but usually, drink it hot in the morning!
I love the idea of flavored ice cubes! It will definitely elevate your drinks!
Such an extra special touch!!
I never thought to make flavored Ice cubes! This defiantly would add a twist to my drinks during the summer.
I love to make flavored ice cubes! I haven’t in a while so this is a great reminder. Perfect for tea or punch so it doesn’t get watered down with the traditional plain ice and really fancies up water!