Passion Fruit Tea
on Jun 26, 2025
Make this refreshing Passion Fruit Iced Tea using fresh passion fruits. It comes together in under 15 minutes (vegan, gluten-free).
I make many iced teas at home. Here are some more of my Iced tea recipes: Mango Iced Tea, Apple Iced Tea, Thai Iced Tea, and Iced Mango Green Tea.
Starting November until February, my passion fruit vine in my Pune garden used to fruit profusely. We used to get at least 5-6 fruits every day regularly for 3-4 months. During this time, I made the most of my homegrown produce and made many recipes using them.
I made Passion Fruit Juice and this Passion Fruit Tea on repeat and everyone in my family just loved them. I had already shared the juice recipe sometime back. In this post, I am sharing how to make iced tea using fresh passion fruits.
About Passion Fruit Tea
Passion Fruit Iced Tea is a refreshing beverage made using fresh passion fruit pulp, black tea leaves (or green tea leaves), and freshly squeezed lime juice.
This tea has a delicious tropical flavor and a tangy taste from passion fruits and it comes together in 15 minutes using 6 simple ingredients.
It is a perfect drink to make for get-togethers, potluck, or brunches on sunny winter afternoons.
Ingredients
Passion Fruit is a tropical fruit with a sweet and tangy flavor. The pulp of this fruit is gelatinous and has a lot of crunchy seeds in it.
Passion fruit is available in 2 varieties. One variety has purple skin, and the other has yellow skin. The pulp can be either yellow or white in color. You can use any variety to make this passion fruit iced tea recipe but make sure that they are ripe.
To check if the passion fruit is ripe, smell them. The ripe fruit should smell fruity.
I used fresh fruits to make this recipe but you can definitely use canned or frozen pulp.
Tea Leaves – I use black tea leaves to make this passion fruit tea recipe, but you can also use green tea in its place.
You can use either loose tea leaves or tea bags.
Other Ingredients – You will also need mint leaves, freshly squeezed lime juice (or lemon juice), and sugar.
Adjust the sugar according to your taste. I like mildly sweet tea so the quantity mentioned in my recipe is accordingly. You can swap sugar with honey. You can also use sugar-free substitutes like stevia or monk fruit.
You will also need lots of ice cubes.
Tip – Top the glasses with a little ginger ale for a fizzy feel.
How To Make Passion Fruit Iced Tea
Add 4 cups of water to a saucepan and heat it over medium-high until it starts to boil.
Once the water starts to boil, switch off the heat.
Now add 2 teaspoon of black tea leaves and 5-6 mint leaves to the pan and stir to combine. Let the tea steep for 2 minutes.
Tip – Do not oversteep the tea; otherwise, it will become bitter.
Note – You can replace black tea leaves with green tea leaves. You can also use 1 tea bag in place of 2 teaspoon of loose tea.
Strain the brewed tea using a tea strainer into a pitcher.
Let the tea cool down for 10-15 minutes. You can refrigerate it to speed up the cooling process.
Now add the following ingredients to the pitcher and mix well until the sugar is dissolved.
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 cup of passion fruit pulp
Tip – If you don’t like passion fruit seeds, you can strain the pulp using a fine-mesh strainer and use the juice.
Note – You can refrigerate the tea at this stage for 2-3 days if you want to make it in advance.
Fill 4 tall glasses with ice cubes until they are ¾th full. Add a few mint leaves and 1-2 lime roundels to each glass.
Pour the passion fruit tea over ice and serve immediately.
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Passion Fruit Tea Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 2 teaspoons black tea leaves (you can use green tea leaves as well.)
- 5-6 mint leaves (plus more for garnishing)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 cup passion fruit pulp (from 5-6 fruits)
- Ice cubes
- lime roundels (as required, for garnishing)
Instructions
- Heat water in a saucepan over medium-high. Once the water comes to a boil, switch off the heat. Add tea leaves and mint leaves, and let the tea steep for 2 minutes.
- Strain the tea using a tea strainer in a pitcher.
- Let the tea cool down for 10-15 minutes. You can refrigerate it to fasten the cooling process.
- Add sugar, lime juice, and passion fruit pulp and mix well until the sugar is dissolved. You can refrigerate the tea at this stage for 2-3 days if you want to make it in advance.
- Fill 4 glasses with ice cubes until they are ¾th full. Add a few mint leaves and 1-2 lime roundels to each glass.
- Pour the tea over ice and serve immediately.
Very refreshing and delicious passion fruit flavored Iced tea !!