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Home » Beverages » Carambola Iced Tea Cooler Recipe

Carambola Iced Tea Cooler Recipe

Published: Aug 19, 2019 · Modified: May 1, 2022 by Arlene Mobley · This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Tropical Carambola Iced Tea Cooler is just the thing to sip on during the dog days of summer. This star fruit drink recipe is easy to make and is so refreshing on a hot day.

Carambola Iced Tea Cooler in a mason jar with star fruit garnish with a filled pitcher in the background.

Pick up a few fresh carambola when your shopping. Or if you are lucky enough to live where this star shaped fruit grows you have plenty on hand.

You probably have a freezer full of frozen carambola juice and you are half way there to a tall frosty glass of a tropical drink like no other.

What is Carambola?

Carambola is a tropical fruit also known as star fruit. The tropical star fruit is originally from Asia but has been cultivated in Florida for over a hundred years.

A mason jar glass filled with Carambola iced tea recipe  with sliced starfruit and mint garnish. The filled glass pitcher is in the background.
Carambola Iced Tea served in a Mason jar.

Carambola has an almost indescribable flavor. A fully ripened star fruit has the sweetest flavor and the beautiful star-shaped tropical fruits have a flavor like no other fruit I have ever tasted.

a close up photo of fresh star fruit
Fresh Carambola fruit picked from the tree

If you were to ask two different people what the flavor of a star fruit is you will likely get two different answers.

To me, the carambola tastes like a combination of melon and pear.

A wooden cutting board with 4 pieces of sliced star fruit with a whole fruit in the background.
sliced star fruit

For this Carambola Iced Tea Cooler recipe, I used these beautiful large fresh carambola that were picked from a local tree.

They were so sweet that you could leave out the sugar and still enjoy this tropical iced tea recipe without a sweetener.

If you only have access to the smaller tarter fresh carambola fruit variety you may need to adjust the amount of sugar used.

How To Make Carambola or Starfruit Juice

To make the Carambola Iced Tea Cooler you will need to make carambola juice.

An overhead photo of glass measuring cup with 3 cups of freshly made carambola juice
carambola juice

Carambola juice is very easy to make.

Prepare the star fruit to make carambola juice by trimming off each end of the carambola fruit.

The ends of the fruit are usually browned and bruised by either falling to the ground or from being transported after picking.

Overhead photo of a white enamel strainer with red handles filled with freshly picked carambola fruit.
fresh tree-ripened star fruit

Next, you will trim off the green unripened or browned ridges from along the points of the "star".

You will need to remove the seeds although the carambola seeds are edible. Slice each carambola fruit into star-shaped slices.

I have found that this is the easiest way to remove the seeds from a star fruit.

Overhead photo of a blender filled half way with sliced carambola fruit

Place the trimmed, seeded and sliced carambola into a blender.

Overhead photo of the inside of a blender with freshly made star fruit juice.
How to make carambola juice

Pulse or run the blender on the whole juice setting until the carambola fruit is liquified.

overhead photo of a fine mesh strainer over a glass measuring cup with the remains of carambola solids removed from homemade carambola juice.

Strain the juice through a fine-mesh strainer to separate the solids from the liquid. 3 cups of sliced carambola will yield 1 cup of fresh carambola juice.

How To Make Carambola Iced Tea Cooler

Step 1: Bring three cups of water to a boil and drop 3 black tea bags into the boiling water. Allow the tea bags to boil for 2 minutes and remove the pot from the heat.

Allow the black tea bags to steep for 5 minutes and remove the tea bags from the water. Stir the sugar into the hot tea until it has dissolved.

Allow the black tea to cool to room temperature. You can place the hot tea in the refrigerator to speed up the cooling process.

Overhead photo of a glass pitcher with a cobalt blue hand filled with ice, carambola juice and sliced star fruit
carambola juice

Step 2: Fill a pitcher with ice cubes and pour the carambola juice over the ice cubes. Add a few slices of carambola fruit if you desire.

a glass pitcher full of Star Fruit Iced Tea

Step 3: Pour the sweetened brewed black tea into the pitcher with the carambola juice. Mix to combine.

Serve with a garnish of star fruit slice and mint leaves.

A glass of Carambola Iced Tea Cooler with a serving pitcher full of this tropical drink recipe.

One of my other favorite carambola recipes is my Carambola Strawberry Jam recipe which I also made with these beautiful fresh carambola fruit I was lucky to get a bag full of this summer.

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A close up photo of a glass full of freshly made Carambola Iced Tea Cooler

Carambola Iced Tea Cooler Recipe

Arlene Mobley - Flour On My Face
Carambola Iced Tea Cooler is a refreshing tropical iced tea recipe made with fresh carambola juice. This tropical flavored iced tea recipe is a great way to use fresh star fruit. 
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 5 minutes mins
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Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings 6 Servings
Calories 84 kcal

Ingredients  

  • 3 cups water
  • 3 bags black tea bags
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 3 large fresh carambola fruits (star fruit, trimmed and seeded (about 3 cups of sliced carambola))
  • extra carambola slices and mint for garnish (optional)
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Instructions 

  • Bring the three cups of water to a boil in a medium pot. Drop the black tea bags into the boiling water and boil for 2 minutes. 
  • Remove the pot from the burner and steep for 5 minutes. 
  • Remove the tea bags from the pot after 5 minutes and stir the sugar (if using) into the hot tea until dissolved. Allow the tea to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate it to speed up the cooling process if needed. 
  • While the black tea is cooling trim the edged off the star fruit points if it is green or bruised.
  • Slice each trimmed carambola  into star shapes. Use the tip of your knife to pop the seeds out of each slice. Three large starfruit will give you about three cups of carambola slices.
  • Place the sliced carambola into a blender or food processor. Process the carambola slices about one minute in the blender until the pulp is liquefied. 
  • Pour the thick carambola juice through a fine mesh strainer placed over a bowl. 
  • Strain all the juice from the pulp.
  • Fill a large pitcher with ice. Pour the strained carambola juice into the pitcher. Fill the pitcher with the black tea. Stir and serve over ice.
  • Serve over ice and garnish the glass with slices of star fruit.

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Recipe Expert Tips

  • Fresh or frozen carambola juice can be used.
  • Teas: black or green tea can be used.
  • How long to steep black tea bags: Black teas should only steep for 5 minutes or it will get bitter.
  • How long to steep green tea bags: Green teas only need to steep for 3 minutes. Any longer and it will get bitter.
  • When carambola is in season freeze the juice for another recipe. See how I process the fruit to make juice. How to freeze carambola juice. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1Glass over IceCalories: 84kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 7mgPotassium: 83mgFiber: 2gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 38IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
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  1. Jasmine | Midsummer Life Dream

    August 29, 2019 at 5:51 am

    Never thought of pairing Iced tea and starfruit! Going to have to try this - especially since it's still so hot!

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    • Arlene Mobley

      August 29, 2019 at 12:07 pm

      5 stars
      Jasmine it tastes amazing and very refreshing.

      Arlene

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