Call me a girl who lives in a land of fairy tales, but I truly adore everything about this time of year. I love the twinkle of the bright lights on the tree, the smell of a fireplace burning, the cozy decorations and family gathering. There really is something magical about this time of year. I enjoy having our family over on Christmas Eve. It is so nice to make memories and share that time with loved ones.
We generally have the traditional meal of ham and all of the fixings. Someone also brings a few jugs of sweet tea. We do live in the south after all! For those of you who are not in the south, I mean iced sweet tea. Well, this year I wanted to spice things up a little and re-invent our favorite beverage by grabbing some Lipton Green Tea Citrus flavored iced tea, some cranberry juice and a few other favorites in order to create a new twist on a favorite.
I have been experimenting with this fun little recipe for a while. I’ve tweaked it with a few different flavors here and there, but really, the more simple the better. I guess that is the true southern girl in me showing! I was taught to keep it simple and not change a good thing. So, here is my simple little Cranberry Citrus Sweet Iced Tea recipe that you can share with your family this Christmas season.
CRANBERRY CITRUS SWEET ICED TEA RECIPE
Ingredients:
- 5 cups Lipton Green Tea Citrus flavored ice tea
- 5 cups cranberry juice
- 1 lime for slicing
- 1/2 cup of real cranberries for topping
Instructions:
- Mix the Lipton Green Tea Citrus flavored ice tea and the cranberry juice together well and pour into a pitcher.
- Add sliced lime and cranberries to the pitcher and give it one more mix!
- Pour into glasses over ice and drink with your favorite people.
This tea is perfect for sipping on while you pump up the Christmas jams and do your holiday cooking. I think Bing Crosby’s White Christmas and this Cranberry Citrus Sweet Iced Tea go hand in hand. Yep. I can feel myself starting to dance through the snow right now.
What are your favorite ways to make your meals merry and bright? Find more flavored iced tea ideas for your holiday gathering over at Food Network.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Lipton. The opinions and text are all mine.
About Felicia
Felicia Carter is founder and managing editor of Go Grow Go. Her philosophy is to simplify, save, grow and go! Her home is generally full of DIY projects, crafts, yummy baked goods and lots of love. Felicia is also a wife, mom of 2 boys and nationally certified counselor. You can always find her near the chocolate or the coffee pot.
I need to try this. I live in Georgia, so I’m all about tea and fruity stuff. Looks good!
Oooh. That sounds so good. I love cranberry and citrus with dinner recipes, so I’m sure I’ll love the combo for this tea. Thanks for sharing this.
This tea looks so good. I will have to make this for our Christmas party at work.
I love this iced tea. What a great way to change it up and add a holiday flair to it!
This sounds like the perfect mocktail for holiday parties. Since I live in the South, sweet tea is a must for any occasion, and this looks like a tasty twist on the traditional sweetened black tea.
This looks so good! We have different iced teas here. I’m not really sure what sweet tea is but I can say this looks really delicious and refreshing! Love the addition of cranberry!
I love how easy this is to make too!!
I wouldn’t mind having a glass of this tea! I’d like those flavors a lot. This is an awesome way to enhance green tea.
This is the kind of drink I’d like to have this holiday season! I would love to try and make this one this week – for me and my husband!
Having tea is my kind of my me time, and having a glass of tea with different flavours would be fun.
Lipton tea is my choice and honestly, I prefer tea than coffee. I’ll try these flavors and serve it on Christmas eve.
I love Lipton tea. It always has such a well-rounded and light taste to it.
I like keeping things simple myself. Especially my tea and I’m Southern as well so it truly must be a southern thing.
I LOVE experimenting with my teas! This is a perfect combination!
This looks very cute. My husband loves Lipton so this would be a festive twist for the holidays.
Sounds like a festive drink for the whole family! Tomorrow’s supposed to be a warm day, but this tea will make it still feel like the holidays.
I love the festive color of this drink! Definitely trying this for our next party!
Cranberry does go well in tea. Perfect for the holiday season too.
I love iced tea. This recipe looks so delicious and festive. I will have to give it a try.
This is a good-looking tweak on iced tea.
And my husband and I are big fans of iced tea at dinners when we go out.
I love fruit flavored teas. This one looks so good and refreshing!