Tea Recipes

BETTER THAN ICED TEA

juice of one lemon

juice of one orange

1/2 cup granulated sugar

3 tea bags

2 1/2 cup boiling water

ice cubes

Mix juices and sugar. Brew tea, steep 5 minutes. Remove teabags and add juice mixture. Mix and allow to cool. Refrigerate and serve with ice cubes.

variations:

use some type of juice frozen into cubes.

CHOCOLATE TEA

6 tablespoons loose orange pekoe tea

6 cups boiling water

2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder

2 teaspoons brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel

1 cup sweetened whip cream

1 tablespoon grated dark chocolate

Steep tea in boiling water for desired strength. Strain. Stir cocoa, sugar, orange peel into tea for 30 minutes. Pour into 6 mugs, add dollop of whipped cream, and sprinkle on chocolate.

CITRUS TEA

6 tea bags

6 cups boiling water

1 1/2 cups orange juice

1 1/2 cups pineapple juce

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon whole allspice

1 tablespoon whole cloves

2 sticks cinnamon

2 vanilla beans

Orange slices for garnish

Steep bags in water in large container for 5 minutes. Remove bags and add juices, sugars, honey and spices and vanilla. Mix well. Pour into slow cooker, heating on warm setting for 2 to 3 hours. Serve hot with garnishes.

FRUIT FLIP

9 cups water

9 fresh mint leaves

3 cups granulated sugar

4 cups strong tea

2 cups orange juice

2 cups lemon juice

2 cups cherry juce or applecherry juice

2 cups pineapple juice

Combine water and mint leaves, simmer 5 minutes in large saucepan. Strain leaves and add sugar, boil for 5 minutes. Allow to cool. Combine sugar syrup, tea, juices and mix well. Let stand at room temperature for one hour. Refrigerate.

HOT CRANBERRY TEA

1 quart cranberry juice cocktail

2 sticks cinnamon

7 whole cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

2 cups herbal mint tea

lemon slices for garnish

In large saucepan, combine all but tea. Bring to boil, reduce to minimum and simmer 5 minutes. Strain. Add hot mint tea and mix. Serve hot with lemon.

HOT SUNSHINE TEA

6 tea bags or 2 tablespoons loose tea

12 whole cloves

1 2inch stick cinnamon

6 cups boiling water

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

1/2 cup orange juice

1/4 cup lemon juice

thin orange slices for garnish

Place tea, cloves, cinnamon stick in 2 1/2 quart nonreactive saucepan. Add boiling water and steep 6 minutes. Strain. Stir in sugar and juices and heat until simmering. Serve in mugs and garnish.

SPICY SWEDISH TEA

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

2 sticks cinnamon

1 teaspoon whole cloves

1 sliced lemon

3 sliced oranges

1 quart strong tea

1 quart pineapple juice

1 quart orange juice

3 cups apple juice

3 cups cranberry juice cocktail

Wash and scald 40cup percolator. Line coffee grounds container with coffee filter or cheesecloth. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, lemon slices and orange slices. Place in lined grounds container. Put tea and juices onto bottom of percolator and perk. Use a saucepan and cheesecloth if percolator is unavailable.

SUMMERTIME MINT COOLER

2 quarts divided water

12 tea bags

6 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate, reconstituted

1/2 cup honey

10 sprigs fresh mint

ice cubes

Boil 1 quart of water, remove from heat. While still bubbling, add tea bags and brew for 5 minutes. Remove tea. Add hot tea to 1 quart cold water. Cool to room temperature. Add juice, honey, and mint. Mix well and serve with ice.

WILD PLUM TEA ROOM TEA

1 quart boiling water

12 tea bags

2 cups granulated tea bags

1 quart divided water

2 cups orange juice

1 1/4 cups lemon juice

orange slices for garnish

Steep tea in boiling water 5 minutes, pemove tea. Combine 2 cups water and sugar in saucepan. Boil 5 minutes. Add sugar to tea. stir 2 cups water, orange juice and lemon juice into tea. Serve hot or cold with garnish.

HOT SPICED TEA

In a loosely tied bag, boil 1 teaspoon cloves and 1 inch of cinnamon i 3 quarts of water. Remove bag and remove water from heat, steep 2 1/2 tablespoons of black tea in a loosely tied bag for five minutes. Remove and add the juice of 3 oranges, the juice pf 1 1/2 lemons, and 1 cup of sugar. mix.

ASSAM TEA

Heaten half water, half milk

if you can see first, small bubbles, add a small pinch of salt

wait, till it's cooking, then add aspoonful of cold water

oh...I'm sorry we're not here for a japanes tea ceremonie...:)

Okay: heaten half water, half milk with followinge spices:

Cardamom (use Whole seats!) I take 8 seats per Liter

Coriander take a lot!

Cinnamon as much you like

Mace only a little...

Orange peel

Black pepper rough grounded,

sweeten with honey

then throw in a fine Assam

wait, the filter

use LOTS off ASSAM and wait only 30 seconds...

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Hi,

here's a fine "recipe" of a fine spiced tea, speacally, when it's cold

outside:

The quantity of the ingredients, you have to find out for your own taste.

Heaten half water, half milk

if you can see first, small bubbles, add a small pinch of salt

wait, till it's cooking, then add aspoonful of cold water

oh...I'm sorry we're not here for a japanes tea ceremonie...:-)

Okay: heaten half water, half milk with followinge spices:

Cardamom (use Whole seats!) --I take 8 seats per Liter

Coriander --take a lot!

Cinnamon --as much you like

Mace --only a little...

Orange peel

Black pepper --rough grounded,

sweeten with honey

then throw in a fine Assam

wait, the filter

use LOTS off ASSAM and wait only 30 seconds...

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Helmut Halfmann *Kaiserslautern*Germany

Fritz@Alcatraz.wwb.sub.de

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