Arnold Palmer: Layered Iced Tea and Lemonade
Inspired by techniques from NYT Cooking, America's Test Kitchen and Serious Eats.
Black tea is brewed and chilled, lemonade is made from lemon zest mashed with sugar, hot water and fresh juice, then the two are layered over ice.
Based on the listed ingredients, none of the 14 major EU allergens. Always check product labels.
Method
- 1
Brew the tea. Pour the boiled water over the tea bags, steep for 5 minutes, then discard the bags. Cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes, then chill.
- 2
Make lemon sugar. Peel the zest from the 2 scrubbed lemons in strips, avoiding the white pith, and mash it with the sugar in the bowl for 2 minutes until damp and very fragrant. The sugar pulls the oils out of the zest.
- 3
Finish the lemonade. Stir in the hot water until the sugar dissolves, then add the lemon juice and cold water. Strain into a jug, pressing on the zest, and chill.
- 4
Layer. Fill 6 tall glasses with ice and pour in lemonade to half way. Slowly pour the cold tea over the back of a spoon so it floats on top. Garnish with a lemon round.
- 5
Serve. Stir before drinking.
Storage
Keep the tea and lemonade separate, covered, in the fridge for up to 3 days. Cool leftovers in a shallow container and refrigerate within 2 hours (within 1 hour on a day above 32°C).
EU nutrition claims
- Low fat: 0.1 g fat per 100 ml (limit ≤ 1.5 g)
- Low saturated fat: 0 g saturated fat per 100 ml, 0% of energy (limits ≤ 0.75 g and ≤ 10%)
- Low salt: 0.01 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 114 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: about 25 mg caffeine (serving: 1 glass (about 125 ml brewed tea)). Source: about 125 ml brewed per serving × USDA FDC SR Legacy #173227 (brewed black tea, 20 mg/100 g).
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 25 mg · 2 servings: 50 mg · 3 servings: 75 mg · 4 servings: 100 mg.
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 6 % of 400 mg. EFSA
20.7 g per serving
41.4 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 82.8 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- kettle
- heatproof jug
- vegetable peeler
- medium bowl
- potato masher
- fine sieve
- 2 jugs
Nutrition per serving (estimated values)
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 85 kcal |
| Protein | 0.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 22.5 g |
| of which sugars | 20.7 g |
| of which free sugars | 20.7 g |
| Fat | 0.1 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g |
| Fibre | 0.1 g |
| Salt | 0.01 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
0.1 g High Protein needs ≥ 5 g (20% of energy)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
