Peach honey iced tea

I want the pitcher to look like late afternoon: tea the color of a porch in shade, then a blush of peach you can see before you taste it. I stir peach honey into a warm splash first so it vanishes, then pour it back over ice. Two glasses, beading on the outside. Unsweet, so the fruit has room.

I leave the pitcher on the table through the meal and let people pour for themselves. The ice stays in the glasses, not the batch. If you have never put honey in iced tea, start here. You will refill them, and you will want the jar within reach.

Ingredients

• 4 cups unsweetened iced tea, cold (Luzianne brewed and chilled, or Uncle Matt’s, Tejava, The Southern Standard, or Milo’s)
• 3 tablespoons Infused Honey — Peach
• Ice

Putting it together

1. Pour the tea into a pitcher.
2. Spoon the peach honey into a small cup with 2 tablespoons of tea. If the tea is ice-cold, warm that splash first so the honey loosens. Stir until you cannot see it on the spoon.
3. Stir that into the pitcher. Taste. Add another teaspoon of honey if you want it peachier.
4. Fill two glasses with ice and pour.

Tips

Honey sits in a lump at the bottom of ice-cold tea. Dissolve it in a little warm tea before it hits the pitcher. Unsweet is the point. If the jug is already sweet, the peach has nowhere to go and the glass tastes like candy.