Instant Pot Peach Iced Tea, Southern Peach Sweet Tea perfection! Peachy, sweet, and so refreshing! Versatile and ridiculously easy to make too. It's a lazy hot summer day with your feet propped up on the banister kind of iced tea.
Bring sugar, water, and peaches to a boil in a small saucepan. Then lower heat and use a wooden spoon to stir and crush the peaches to infuse the flavor.
Once the sugar is dissolved, cover, remove from heat and let steep for 30 minutes. After cooling run through a fine-meshed sieve if desired or leave as is for a super peachy tea!
Meanwhile, add 3 cups water, baking soda and 6 tea bags to the Instant Pot insert, place the cover and lock into position. Set the vent to Sealing, then select Manual + High Pressure and set the timer to 5 minutes.
Allow the IP to do a Natural Release for 5 minutes, then do Quick Release to depressurize fully. Remove the tea bags and then add the organic honey or sweetener if using. Pour in the remaining 7 cups of water and allow the tea to chill completly before adding the peach simple syrup.
To serve, add the peach simple syrup to each glass as desired, or add all of the simple syrup to the tea and stir. We add it all at once for a no muss no fuss service.