How to Make an Arnold Palmer

These Arnold Palmer recipes are perfect for when you want to add a little sweetness and flavor to your iced tea!

I fell in love with tea as a child when a neighbor introduced me to Arnold Palmers: half iced tea, half lemonade. The lemonade sweetened the tea without making it too sweet and the tea cut the sugar in the lemonade.

Iced Tea is now my beverage of choice whenever I sit down to eat. I drink iced tea year-round with my meals – even in the middle of winter. It is light and refreshing and I feel the mellow flavor enhances the meal. Most of the time I take my tea black. However, every summer I crave an Arnold Palmer.

I realized recently that I have never introduced my kids to Arnold Palmers. My oldest child is 26, so I was a bit overdue!

We grilled teriyaki chicken last weekend, and I decided that the bright flavor of Arnold Palmers would be the perfect drink to go with our meal. As I was planning the meal, I thought about my kids’ favorite flavors of lemonades. I decided to reimagine Arnold Palmers using some of their favorite drinks. 

I created an Arnold Palmer Drink Bar, so everybody could make their own custom Arnold Palmer. The bright colors of the lemons, limes, and strawberries added a festive touch to the barbecue.

Quick and Easy Way to Brew Iced Tea

I prefer to quickly brew my iced tea. I love the mellow flavor of tea steeped for several minutes in boiling hot water, so that is the method I use to make iced tea. I start with 6 individual cup-size Lipton Black Tea bags.

Pour 2 quarts (8 cups) of boiling hot water over the tea bags and allow the tea to steep for 3 – 4 minutes.

Squeeze the excess liquid out of tea bags before removing them from the pitcher. Then add 6 cups of ice to the tea.

Once you have made your iced tea, you are ready to make Arnold Palmers.

Classic Arnold Palmer Drink Recipe

Ingredients:

• Iced Tea
• Lemonade
• lemon slices (optional)

Directions:

1. Add ice to a glass.
2. Fill halfway full with iced tea.
3. Add lemonade until the glass is full. Stir well.
4. If you wish, you may add lemon slices to the tea.

Variations on Arnold Palmers

Strawberry Arnold Palmer Recipe

Ingredients:

• Iced Tea
• Strawberry-Lemonade (or pink lemonade)
• strawberry  slices (optional)

Directions:

1. Add ice to a glass.
2. Fill half way full with iced tea.
3. Add strawberry-lemonade until the glass is full. Stir well.
4. If you wish, you may add strawberry slices to the tea.

Lime Arnold Palmer Recipe

Ingredients:

• Iced Tea
• Limeade
• Lime slices (optional)

Directions:

1. Add ice to a glass.
2. Fill halfway full with iced tea.
3. Add limeade until the glass is full. Stir well.
4. If you wish, you may add lime slices to the tea.

More Variations on Arnold Palmers:

As we were sipping our tea my daughter suggested that next time we should add mint leaves to the Lime Arnold Palmer to make a Mojito-flavored Arnold Palmer. I think using Lavender Lemonade to make a Lavender Arnold Palmer would be a delicious combination. What flavors would you combine to make your reimagined Arnold Palmer recipe?