No. 79Off the Menu
Pickle Porch Tea
Iced tea meets lemonade, and the brine breaks the tie.
Pickle Porch Tea is the half-and-half porch classic, unsweetened iced black tea and lemonade, with three quarters of an ounce of dill pickle brine stirred in over ice. The tea’s tannins and the lemonade’s sweetness meet the salty brine in the middle, so it tastes refreshing rather than sugary. It is zero-proof and easy to scale for a pitcher.
Zero proofUpdated
Brine2/52 of 5
HeatNonenone
StrengthZero proof
- Glass
- mason jar
- Method
- Built in the glass
- Time
- 3 min
- Makes
- 1 drink
Ingredients
Make it for
Units
Amounts for 1, in ounces.
- 4 oz unsweetened black iced tea (brewed and chilled)
- 4 oz lemonade (chilled)
- ¾ oz dill pickle brine (chilled, from the jar)
- 1 slice lemon (cut into a wheel, for garnish)
- 1 dill pickle spear (for garnish)
- Glass
- mason jar
- Garnish
- lemon wheel, pickle spear and straw
How to make it
- Fill a mason jar or tall glass with ice.
- Pour in the iced tea and lemonade.
- Add the pickle brine.
- Stir until the jar feels cold.
- Garnish with the lemon wheel and pickle spear, and add a straw.
Bar tips
- Brew the tea strong, about two bags per cup, then chill it. Ice and lemonade water it down fast.
- Pitcher for six: 3 cups iced tea, 3 cups lemonade and 4½ oz pickle brine.
Make it your own
- Use green tea for a lighter, grassier version.
- Use sweet tea and plain water instead of lemonade if you prefer it Southern.
Zero proof, full brine. No spirits, wine or beer in this one. If you need 0.0%, check the labels on any non-alcoholic bottles you use.
Full recipe: dillin.org/recipes/pickle-porch-tea
