Peach Syrup for Tea and Drinks

If you are looking for ways to add peach flavor to your drinks and tea this summer, start by making this thick peach syrup. This sweet, aromatic, thick syrup is ideal to sweeten and flavor desserts, iced tea, bubble tea, cocktails, and all other sorts of drinks. Capture the flavor of peaches in this syrup and use it to flavor what your heart desires.

You could use it to make peach iced tea, peach bubble tea, peach ice cream, peach lemonade, peach yogurt, or simply use it as a syrup over waffles or pancakes. I specifically make this peach syrup to make peach bubble tea. One of my favorite bubble tea flavors. Another syrup that you might want to make is a brown sugar syrup for bubble tea.

Why should you try this recipe?

• It is an easy and approachable recipe. You just combine peach and sugar.
  
• It needs no expertise. Most basic, simple, and easy recipe. But the flavor it will bring to your drinks is just outstanding.
  
• Best way to capture the flavor of peaches in summer and use them later.
  
• Longer shelf life. This is a thick peach syrup, almost a peach sauce hence lasting longer if stored correctly.
  
• Natural peach syrup with no chemical preservatives at all.
  
• Wide application. You can use peach syrup for a wide range of recipes. Not just the drinks and desserts, it can be used to marinate meat, etc.
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🥘Ingredients required to make peach syrup for tea

🍑 Peaches

You can use fresh or frozen peach for making this recipe. If you are using fresh peaches, make sure they are ripe and sweet. Use the peaches that are at their prime sweetness in summer. The off-season peaches will not make a good syrup. In that case, choose frozen peaches. They have a better taste and flavor as they are picked and frozen in the peak season.

Nectarines taste just like peaches. Other than the firmness of texture and the lack of fussiness, there is not much difference. You can replace peaches with ripe and sweet nectarines.

As far as the peach varieties are concerned, you can use whatever is available to you. White peaches are sweeter and have more of a floral aroma. The yellow peaches on the other hand are more acidic but have an intense peachy flavor. Yellow or white peach, both work just fine for this recipe. All you need to ensure is that the peaches are sweet.

Granulated Sugar

I have used clean, white, fine sugar in this peach syrup recipe. If you are vegan, choose vegan sugar to replace the regular cane sugar.

If you want to use unrefined sugars instead of cane sugar, please note that these sugars have a deep flavor of their own, which will overpower the subtle peachy flavor of the syrup.

Hence, we should stick to granulated cane sugar.

🔪Instructions: How to make peach syrup?

Step 1 Prepare peaches

To make peach syrup start by washing and chopping the peaches into small cubes.  No need to remove the peel of the peaches as that is where most of the pigment lies. We need those peels to make the syrup look orangish.

If you are using frozen peaches, skip to the second step.

Step 2 Cook peaches in sugar syrup.

Measure the chopped peaches, sugar, and water. Combine everything in a saucepan and start cooking. The sugar will melt in 2-3 minutes. Then reduce the flame to simmer, and let the peaches cook for 9-10 minutes or until they become mushy. Turn off the flame and let the syrup cool for 10 minutes. The exact time will depend on the firmness of the peaches. That is why I stress about using ripe peaches.

Cook the peaches at low heat, else the syrup will thicken before the peaches are cooked. If that happens, add a tablespoon of water at a time to fix the consistency of the syrup, while the peaches are still cooking.

Step 3 Strain, cool, and store

After the syrup cools a bit and becomes easy to handle, pass it through a metal mesh strainer. Place a sieve in a bowl or at the mouth of a jar. Using the back of a spoon or fork, press the cooked peach through the strainer to collect the peach pulp with syrup in a bowl or a jar. Let the syrup cool completely before closing the lid. If you are planning to can the peach syrup, use sterile mason jars to collect the peach syrup.

Variations of peach syrup for tea and drinks

• Simple peach syrup : The recipe discussed above makes a thick syrup, but if you want you can make peach simple syrup. It is thinner and easier to mix in drinks. For that, you use 1 cup of water in this recipe instead of half cup. There is no need to check for simple syrup recipes, they just have a sugar to water ratio of 1:1.
  
• Sugar-free peach syrup: Use sugar free sweetener like powdered sucralose to sweeten the plain peach syrup.
  
• You can add some optional add-ins into the peach simple syrup to enrich its flavor. If you know what you are going to make with the peach syrup, you can add the herbs and condiments that will enhance the flavor of the recipe. A few suggestions to get you a starter are:
  
  - Cinnamon sticks
  - Lemon zest or lemon juice
  - Vanilla
  -Rosemary
  -Rose water
  -Saffron strands, etc.
  
  

Serving suggestions or peach syrup uses

There are numerous ways to use up this peach syrup. Let me state a few to get you started.

• Peach syrup for cocktails.
  
• Make peach lemonade.
  
• Make peach iced tea or use peach syrup for bubble tea.
  
• Add peach swirl to your ice cream or simply make peach ice cream.
  
• Use in peach cheesecake, peach yogurt, peach cupcakes, etc.
  
• Use as syrup to serve waffles, pancakes, French toast, etc.
  
• Add to your favorite barbecue sauce.
  
• Or use peach syrup for cake making.
  

🫙 How to Store Peach Syrup

I use up the syrup within a week. We love the peach ice tea, and I have plans to make some peach bubble tea tomorrow, so I am just gonna keep it in a jar. But if you want the peach syrup to last longer, follow these steps.

• The first tip is to use a clean and dry glass bottle or jar with an airtight lid. Sugar is a natural preservative and does a good job until it is contaminated. So, a clean and dry bottle is a must.
  
• Make sure to remove the impurities from the syrup by sieving it thoroughly.
  
• If you are making a large batch, consider putting the bottles in an oven at 320 ⁰F for 15 minutes to kind of sterilize them (jar or bottle).
  
• Make sure to close the lid tightly and refrigerate it. Thereafter ensure to close the lid tightly after every use.
  
• It would last 4-6 weeks in a refrigerator if stored correctly.
  
• If you can it, it would last years.
  

❓Frequently Asked Questions

Recipes where you could use peach syrup are:

• Quick and Fluffy Sourdough vegan pancakes using the discard
  
• Frozen Waffles in Air Fryer: Quick and crispy!
  
• Tiger Milk Tea: Classic Brown Sugar Boba Recipe
  
• Chocolate Boba: Homemade Chocolate Milk Tea
  
• Watermelon Bubble Tea
  

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Till then,

Make it bubbly and delicious!

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Peach Syrup for Tea and Drinks

This peach syrup is perfect to add peach flavor to your drinks and tea this summer. Use this sweet, aromatic, thick syrup to sweeten and flavor the desserts, iced tea, bubble tea, cocktails, and all other sorts of drinks. Capture the flavor of peaches in this syrup and use it to flavor what your heart desires.

Course Dessert

Cuisine global

Keyword peach simple syrup, peach simple syrup for tea, peach syrup, peach syrup for drinks, peach syrup for tea

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes minutes

Total Time 17 minutes minutes

Servings 10

Calories 93kcal

Author Meenakshi

Ingredients

• 400 g Peach chopped 2 ½ cups of chopped peaches 3 large peaches
• 200 g sugar1 cup
• 200 g water slightly less than 1 cup

Instructions

Step 1 Prepare peaches

• To make peach syrup start by washing and chopping the peaches into small cubes while retaining the peel.
• If you are using frozen peaches, skip to the second step.

Step 2 Cook peaches in sugar syrup.

• Measure the chopped peaches, sugar, and water. Combine everything in a saucepan and start cooking at medium flame.
• After the sugar melts reduce the flame to simmer and let the peaches cook for 9-10 minutes or until they become mushy.
• Turn off the flame and let the syrup cool for 10 minutes.

Step 3 Strain, cool, and store

• After the syrup cools a bit, pass it through a metal strainer. Place a strainer in a bowl or at the mouth of a jar.
• Using the back of a spoon or fork, press the cooked peach through the strainer to collect the peach pulp with syrup in a bowl or a jar.
• Let the syrup cool completely before closing the lid.
• If you are planning to can the peach syrup, use sterile mason jars to collect the peach syrup.

Notes

• Choose clean, ripe, and sweet peaches for making the syrup.
• You can also use frozen peaches to make peach syrup. 
• If you are using nectarines in place of peaches, select the ones that are ripe and sweet.
• While cooking the peaches, cook them at low flame, and else it will become sauce and not syrup. If that happens, add a tablespoon of water at a time to fix the consistency of the syrup, while the peaches are still cooking.
• The exact time required to cook the peaches will depend on the firmness of the peaches. 
• Use corn syrup, gelatin, or agar-agar to thicken simple syrups without having to add more sugar.
• If you do not plan to use it within a week, make sure you use a clean, dry, and sterile jar with airtight lids.

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