Tea Ingredients
Sweet Orange Tea
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups boiling water
6 black tea bags (recommended: Lipton)
4 1/2 cups cold water
1 1/2 cups fresh orange juice, strained if a clearer tea is desired
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Ice cubes
Thin lemon or orange wedges, garnish
Sprigs fresh mint, garnish
Directions
In a medium pot, pour the boiling water over the sugar and stir to dissolve. Add the tea bags and steep for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the tea bags with a slotted spoon. Add the cold water, orange juice, and lemon juice, and stir. Let cool.
Pour into a glass pitcher and refrigerate until well chilled. Pour into glasses filled with ice, garnish with lemon or orange wedges and mint, and serve
Chai tea
Ingredients
Spice ingredients for one pot of tea: * 1/2 of a star anise star * 10-12 whole cloves * 6-7 whole allspice * 1 heaping teaspoon of cinnamon bark (or 2 short sticks) * 6-7 whole white peppercorns * 1 cardamon pod opened to the seeds
Other ingredients: * 1 cup water * 4-6 cups whole milk * 2 heaping tablespoons of a high quality full-bodied broad-leaf black tea (Ceylon, or * English Breakfast if a broad-leaf Ceylon is not available) Sugar
Method
1 In a 2-qt saucepan, add spices to 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil; remove from heat; let steep for 5-20 minutes, depending on how strong a spice flavor you want.
2 Add 4-6 cups of whole milk to the water and spices. If you don't have whole milk, you can also use non-fat or low-fat milk, just add some cream to it, a few tablespoons. Bring the milk and spice mixture just to a boil and remove from heat.
3 Add the tea to the milk and let steep for 5 to 10 minutes to taste. (Option at this point - reheat to a simmer and remove from heat.) You can add sugar at this point, or serve without sugar and let people put the amount of sugar in they want. Traditionally, sugar is added before serving.
4 Strain into a pot. Serve. Add sugar to
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups boiling water
6 black tea bags (recommended: Lipton)
4 1/2 cups cold water
1 1/2 cups fresh orange juice, strained if a clearer tea is desired
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Ice cubes
Thin lemon or orange wedges, garnish
Sprigs fresh mint, garnish
Directions
In a medium pot, pour the boiling water over the sugar and stir to dissolve. Add the tea bags and steep for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the tea bags with a slotted spoon. Add the cold water, orange juice, and lemon juice, and stir. Let cool.
Pour into a glass pitcher and refrigerate until well chilled. Pour into glasses filled with ice, garnish with lemon or orange wedges and mint, and serve
Chai tea
Ingredients
Spice ingredients for one pot of tea: * 1/2 of a star anise star * 10-12 whole cloves * 6-7 whole allspice * 1 heaping teaspoon of cinnamon bark (or 2 short sticks) * 6-7 whole white peppercorns * 1 cardamon pod opened to the seeds
Other ingredients: * 1 cup water * 4-6 cups whole milk * 2 heaping tablespoons of a high quality full-bodied broad-leaf black tea (Ceylon, or * English Breakfast if a broad-leaf Ceylon is not available) Sugar
Method
1 In a 2-qt saucepan, add spices to 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil; remove from heat; let steep for 5-20 minutes, depending on how strong a spice flavor you want.
2 Add 4-6 cups of whole milk to the water and spices. If you don't have whole milk, you can also use non-fat or low-fat milk, just add some cream to it, a few tablespoons. Bring the milk and spice mixture just to a boil and remove from heat.
3 Add the tea to the milk and let steep for 5 to 10 minutes to taste. (Option at this point - reheat to a simmer and remove from heat.) You can add sugar at this point, or serve without sugar and let people put the amount of sugar in they want. Traditionally, sugar is added before serving.
4 Strain into a pot. Serve. Add sugar to