This post is Sponsored by Mighty Leaf Tea but my opinions are 100% my own!
We’ve been spending a lot of time outside with friends already this summer. It’s been really hot in New England. We don’t mind so much since we have a pool and my girls love swimming. Our friends in the neighborhood love coming to our house to go swimming so we always have company.
She doesn’t look too sad, does she? That’s my oldest and she is turning into a fish!
Since we are spending so much time outside with friends, I try to have lots of refreshing drinks available to everyone and one thing we’ve been enjoying is Iced Tea. My friend was making some at her house one day with this cool iced tea maker and I told her she’d have to make me a pitcher of iced tea the next time she came over. Then a few days later I received an email from Mighty Leaf Tea asking me if I’d like to try some of their iced tea and they’d send me a DIY Iced Tea brewing kit to do so. I was so excited since we were just talking about making the iced tea.
I received 4 boxes of Iced Tea long with a Takeya flash brew iced tea pitcher and a Takeya glass water bottle so I could make my own iced tea.
- Mighty Leaf Organic Black Iced Tea: Hand-picked on the dewy slopes of the Nilgiri mountains, the South Indian organic black tea leaves unleash a refreshingly rich and smooth iced tea with a dark amber hue.
- Mighty Leaf Sunburst Green Iced Tea: A cool and vibrant fresh brewed iced tea that begins with mountain-grown Chinese green tea leaves. Sun ripened oranges and sweet citrus brighten this artisan blend. The lowest in caffeine among all four flavors.
- Mighty Leaf Ginger Peach Iced Tea: A blissful and lightly sweet fresh-brewed iced tea, the India black leaf tea is infused with sun-swelled peaches and delicate ginger.
- Mighty Leaf Calypso Mango Iced Tea: A sweet and cooling fresh-brewed iced tea with an indulging blend of luscious mango and tropical fruit that drench South Indian black tea leaves.
They make whole leaf teas and wrap them in a silken pouch that is hand stitched and has to be the largest tea pouch that you have ever seen! And they smell SO GOOD!
Mighty Leaf Iced Teas make it easy to fresh brew a half-gallon of gourmet iced tea in less than five minutes. And Mighty Leaf Tea is all natural and free of sugar, calories, and artificial flavors. So perfect for me to drink since I’m watching my calorie intake. To make the tea just boil 4 cups of water and add 1 tea bag to the Takeya flash brew iced tea pitcher. Let the tea steep for about 4 to 5 minutes. They suggest using a timer and be careful not to steep any longer to avoid bitter-tasting tea and then add ice to fill the pitcher. You can either serve immediately or the pitcher in the fridge until your ready to drink it.
The tea is unsweetened but certainly does not lack flavor. My favorite is the Calypso Mango and you can seriously taste the mango! I fill my glass about half way with ice because I like my ice tea really cold! Before I put the ice tea into the glass, I add one packet of equal over the ice to sweeten it slightly. Then I fill the glass with Tea and it’s ready to drink.
Yum! and so refreshing. There really is nothing better than fresh brewed iced tea!
Making your own tea is very affordable too. Each box contains four earth-friendly whole leaf pouches. Each whole leaf pouch brews up to 1/2 gallon or 64 oz. of iced tea. You can purchase the boxes for $5.99 for a 4-Pack. This means each tea bag costs $1.50 and makes ½ gallon or four 16 oz serving. That’s $.37 cents per 16 oz serving. Compare this to bottle, pre-brewed iced tea which retails for $1.50 and up for 16 oz. See the savings?
Want to buy some? Right now you’ll receive 15% off all tea pouches, loose tea, and iced teas (excludes teaware & sale items) on www.mightyleaf.com now through August 15th. Just use the coupon code BCDIYIT at check out to receive the discount.
About Mighty Leaf Tea
Mighty Leaf Tea is a family owned company created by husband-and-wife team Gary Shinner and Jill Portman, who turned into reality their dream of infusing new life into the ancient indulgence of tea. Our all natural tea is an artistic blend of hand-picked whole leaf tea, blossoms, herbs, fruits, and spices. Our vibrant leaves and blossoms are too big for ordinary tea bags, so we designed our own silken, artisan Tea Pouches™. We hand-stitch them with unbleached cotton, without using glue or staples. Satiate your senses with our wonderfully full and nuanced flavors and intoxicating aromas.
If you’d like, you can add to these teas to make some fun drinks. Here are a few recipes:
Mighty Leaf Calypso Mango Cooler
Ingredients
32 oz. Mighty Leaf Calypso Mango Iced Tea (1/4 of a gallon)
10 oz. Pineapple Juice
2 ½ oz. Lemon Juice
2 ½ oz. Agave Nectar
Pour half of the Calypso Mango Iced Tea into another pitcher. Now your Takeya iced tea pitcher holds 32 oz. of Mighty Leaf Iced Tea. Add remaining ingredients, stir, pour over ice, enjoy!
Mighty Leaf Ginger Peach Fizz
Ingredients
32 oz. Mighty Leaf Ginger Peach Iced Tea (1/4 of a gallon)
8 oz. Lemon Juice
8 oz. Mint Syrup
16 oz. Soda Water
Pour half of the Ginger Peach Iced Tea into another pitcher. Now your Takeya iced tea pitcher holds 32 oz. of Mighty Leaf Iced Tea. Add remaining ingredients, stir, pour over ice, enjoy!
Mighty Leaf Ginger Peach Julep
Ingredients
32 oz. Mighty Leaf Ginger Peach Iced Tea (1/4 of a gallon)
10 oz. Orange Juice
4 to 5 oz. Agave Nectar
Pour half of the Ginger Peach Iced Tea into another pitcher. Now your Takeya iced tea pitcher holds 32 oz. of Mighty Leaf Iced Tea. Add remaining ingredients, stir, pour over ice, enjoy!
(1) Koupon Karen reader will win an Ice Tea Prize Package worth almost $60. It will contain the following items:
- Four Boxes of Mighty Leaf Iced Tea
- Takeya flash brew iced tea pitcher
- Takeya glass water bottle
To enter the giveaway, use the Giveaway Tools widget below. Please let me know if you have any questions or problems! Of course Facebook is in no way associated with this giveaway!
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Disclosure: I received a Free product for review. My opinions are 100% mine.
i want to win this
i want to try the ginger peach the most
Yum! They have a great selection
this sounds refreshing
Nothing better than Ice-Tea in the summer!
I love Mighty Leaf. I stay at a 5 star resort every year for my anniversary and this is all they serve. Delicious!
This looks great! Perfect weather for iced tea right now.
sunburst green tea
I really want to try the Calypso Mango Iced Tea.
I want to try the Black Iced tea
Yum! I’d love to try the mango!
Mighty Leaf Sunburst Green Iced Tea sounds delicious although so does the manga one.
I would love to try the great selection of the Mighty Leaf. I never have tried any of the flavors above but the mango sounds pretty good.
I would love to try their vaniila bean ice tea
This looks like a great product to try. I love teas
I entered the Lotty Dotty and Mini giveaway.
I just entered the Honey Bunches of Oats giveaway. Hope to win.
Looks so Yummy!
i’d like to try mighty leaf’s organic black tea in my iced tea recipe
Ginger Peach would be my Mighty Leaf Tea of choice!
It is so nice I have been considering buying one.