Tea Recipes
Ginger and Cardamom Tea
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tsp black tea leaves
- 1 inch grated ginger
- 3-4 cardamoms, crushed
- Sugar
Steps:
- 1In a saucepan, mix 2 cups of water, 1/2 cup milk, grated ginger and crushed cardamom.
- 2Bring it to a boil and add the tea leaves.
- 3Add sugar to taste.
- 4Simmer for 5 minutes.
- 5Strain the tea into tea cups and serve hot.
Vanilla Tea
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract or 2-3 drops of vanilla essence
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp black tea leaves
- Sugar
Steps:
- 1In a saucepan, mix 2 cups of water, 1/2 cup milk, and ground cinnamon.
- 2Bring it to a boil and add the tea leaves.
- 3Add sugar to taste.
- 4Simmer for 5 minutes.
- 5Add the vanilla extract/ vanilla essence.
- 6Strain the hot vanilla tea into tea cups and enjoy.
Ginger Turmeric Tea
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp freshly chopped ginger
- 2 tsp honey
- 1 wedge of lemon
- 2-3 basil leaves
- 2 tsp black tea leaves
Steps:
- 1In a saucepan, mix 2 cups of water, turmeric and ginger.
- 2Bring it to a boil and add the tea leaves.
- 3Simmer for 5 minutes.
- 4Strain the tea into tea cups.
- 5Add the honey.
- 6Garnish with lemon and basil leaves and enjoy.
Fruit Iced Tea
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- Water
- 300ml soda water
- Ice
- Fresh fruits - Strawberries, oranges, blueberries, peaches
- 4 tsp sugar
Steps:
- 1Boil 4 glasses of water and 2 tsp black tea leaves and sugar.
- 2Refrigerate this brew.
- 3Fill a glass with ice and half the fruits.
- 4Then half pour in the chilled tea infusion that you had refrigerated earlier.
- 5Pour in some cool and sparkling.
- 6Top it off with the leftover fruits and enjoy your iced tea.
Lemon and Mint Iced Green Tea
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
- Fresh mint leaves
- Lemon wedges
- Green tea bags
- Ice
- Honey
Steps:
- 1Crush the fresh mint leaves gently with hands and put these into a pitcher.
- 2Throw in the lemon wedges.
- 3Put in the green tea bags and pour in hot water.
- 4Refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours or until chilled.
- 5Remove the tea bags and add crushed ice.
- 6Add honey to sweeten and serve.
Kiwi Iced Tea
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
- 2 kiwis chopped
- 2 tsp kiwi syrup
- 1 glass brewed tea
Steps:
- 1Fill a glass with crushed ice and chopped kiwis.
- 2Pour in a tea spoon of the kiwi syrup.
- 3Add half the brewed tea.
- 4Refrigerate and serve chilled.
